33 Questions
Tubman was appointed matron of a hospital in South Carolina in 1865.
False
Mary Mahoney was the first African-American professional registered nurse.
True
Sojourner Truth met President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 due to her work as a nurse.
False
Dorothea Dix founded the first Public Mental Health Hospital in America.
True
Clara Barton established the Red Cross in France during the Franco-Prussian war.
False
Linda Richards was the first professionally trained nurse in the US.
True
Lavinia Dock was the first nursing professor in a major university.
False
Mary Breckenridge established one of the first nursing schools in the US.
False
The International Council of Nurses represents over 28 million nurses worldwide.
True
The American Nurses Association's mission is to promote engineering education.
False
The National League of Nurses is the largest professional testing service.
False
The American Academy of Nursing generates, synthesizes, and disseminates nursing knowledge.
True
Florence Nightingale developed the Self-Care Deficit Theory in 1860.
False
Betty Neuman introduced the Neuman Systems Model in 1972.
True
Madeleine Leininger developed the Comfort Theory in 2003.
False
Ethics is a systematic study of principles related to human flourishing.
True
Nursing care is not viewed as valuable or making a difference.
False
The ability to be ethical begins in adulthood.
False
A nurse's role in health promotion and illness prevention can be categorized into primary, secondary, and quaternary prevention.
False
Values do not influence beliefs about human needs, health, and illness.
False
The art of nursing refers to the application of knowledge in nursing to assist others in achieving optimal health and quality of life.
True
The nurse job description in 1887 included bringing in coal to maintain temperature.
True
Educational programs like prenatal care and smoking cessation are examples of tertiary prevention.
False
Maintaining the floors and windows of the ward was not part of the nurse job description in 1887.
False
Nurses who faithfully served patients for 5 years in 1887 would receive a pay increase of 5 cents per day.
True
Nurses play a role in promoting health, preventing illness, restoring health, and facilitating coping with disability or death.
True
In nursing, concepts are concrete impressions organized into symbols of reality.
False
The book 'Fundamentals of Nursing' was authored by Taylor, Lynn, and Bartlett in 2019.
True
Nursing theory is developed to predict the future of nursing practices.
False
The International Council of Nurses defines nursing as focusing solely on individual care.
False
The nursing profession lacks standards set by professional organizations.
False
Nurses do not play a role in advocating for policy changes within healthcare settings.
False
Nursing encompasses both autonomous practice and collaborative care across various age groups and settings.
True
Test your knowledge about the roles and responsibilities of a nurse, including caring for the sick, injured, and dying individuals. Explore concepts like health promotion, illness prevention, advocacy, and education in nursing practice.
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