CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO
NURSING AND PROFESSIONAL
FORMATION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
•Good spirits brought health; evil spirits brought sickness and death
•Roles of nurse and physician separate and distinct: physician as medicine man; nurse as caring mother -
ANSWER Theory of animism
•Temples became center of medical care
•Nurses cared for the sick in the home and community; practiced as nurse-midwives - ANSWER Ancient
Greek Civilization
•Nursing roll becomes more formal clearly defined; deaconesses made visits to the sick
•Male and female nursing orders were founded during the crusades - ANSWER Early Christian period
•Shift from a religious orientation to an emphasis on warfare, exploration, and expansion of knowledge
•Shortage of nurses led to the recruitment of female criminals to care for the sick; a time of poor
reputation, low pay, and long work hours, in unfavorable conditions - ANSWER 16th century
True or false
In the beginning of civilization, the role of the physician was carried out by the medicine man and the
nurse was the mother who cared for her family during sickness. - ANSWER True
Nursing as we now know it began, based on many of the beliefs of ... - ANSWER Florence Nightingale
•Challenged prejudices against women in elevated the status of all nurses
•She established the first training school for nurses and wrote books about healthcare and nursing
education - ANSWER Florence Nightingale
•Large numbers of women worked outside the home and became more independent and assertive
•Explosion in medicine and technology broadened the role of nurses
•Growth of nursing as a professional discipline - ANSWER World War II (historical perspective/19th to
21st centuries)
The word nursing originated from... - ANSWER The Latin word nutrix (to nourish)
Promotion of health, prevention of illness, advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research,
participation in shaping health policy, and education - ANSWER ICN The International Council of Nurses
The social context of nursing, the knowledge base for nursing practice, the scope of nursing practice,
standards of professional nursing practice, and the regulation of professional nursing and its Nursing
Social Policy Statement (2010) - ANSWER ANA American Nurses Association
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