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Test your nursing history knowledge. I received this from a friend and I was kinda shocked when I didn't know many of these questions from the top of my head. Let's see if anyone else will have the same experience, post your answers here in within a few days I will post the answers. Have fun!!!

1. The earliest advanced specialty practice nurses were

a. Pediatric nurse practitioners

b. Nurse anesthetists

c. Hospice nurses

d. Nurse midwives

2. Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) were first used during

a. The Vietnam War

b. The Korean War

c. World War II

d. World War I

3. A nurse whose work reflected the need for political astuteness was

a. Margaret Sanger

b. Mary Breckinridge

c. Lillian Wald

d. Hildegard Peplau

4. The person credited with developing associate degree nursing programs was

a. Virginia Henderson

b. Ernestine Wiedenbach

c. Louise McMorifice

d. Mildred Montag

5. The American nurse best known for establishing the hospice movement in

the United States is

a. Cecily Saunders

b. Lillian Wald

c. Florence Wald

d. Virginia Henderson

6. A document that provoked long lasting debate about minimum educational

requirements for registered nurses was

a. The Goldmark Report

b. The 1965 ANA Position Paper

c. The Brown Report

d. The Lysaught Report

7. A nurse whose career was dedicated to improving practice through nursing

research was

a. Annie Goodrich

b. Jane Delano

c. Hildegard Peplau

d. Virginia Henderson

8. The first nurse practitioner program was started at

a. Yale University

b. Duke University

c. The University of Colorado

d. The University of Connecticut

9. An early and outstanding example of holistic care of a community was

established by

a. Lillian Wald

b. Mary Sewall Gardner

c. Edith Cavell

d. Mary Breckinridge

10. An early model of a rural health care system was introduced by

a. Lavinia Dock

b. Mary Breckinridge

c. Florence Wald

d. Florence Nightingale

11. The first intensive or critical care units were for

a. coronary care

b. post-operative recovery

c. surgical patients

d. medical patients

12. The reason nurse practice acts were revised in the 1970s was

a. nursing roles were expanding

b. they were needed to distinguish medicine from nursing

c. the number of nurses with graduate degrees was increasing

d. to be sure that every state had a Nurse Practice Act

13. In 1946, the ANA adopted an economic and general welfare program. The

nurse credited with the most successful effort at obtaining economic

security for nurses was

a. Shirley Titus

b. Anne Zimmerman

c. Adelaide Nutting

d. Lavinia Dock

14. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935

a. forbade nurses to strike

b. allowed employers to forbid union activity

c. mandated a 40 hour work week

d. established collective bargaining as the foundation of

employee/management relations

15. According to the CT Nurse Practice Act, which of the following best

describes the difference between the practice of RNs and LPNs?

a. there is no difference in the practice

b. LPNs cannot pass medications

c. LPNs may do everything that RNs can do, provided they are supervised by RNs

d. LPNs do not diagnose

16. According the CT Nurse Practice Act, which of the following must

maintain professional ?

a. APRNs

b. RNs

c. LPNs

d. all of the above

TRUE/FALSE

17. According to the CT Nurse Practice Act, only nurse anesthetist must

have a collaborative agreement with a physician in order to prescribe and

dispense drugs.

a. T

b. F

18. According the CT Nurse Practice Act, all nursing practice by an RN must

be performed under the direction of a licensed physician or dentist.

a. T

b. F

19. According the CT Nurse Practice Act, nursing practice by an APRN must

be performed under the direction of a licensed physician or dentist.

a. T

b. F

20. According the CT Nurse Practice Act, RNs may treat alterations in

health status.

a. T

b. F

21. According the CT Nurse Practice Act, an APRN may practice in

collaboration with any physician.

a. T

b. F

22. According the CT Nurse Practice Act, an APRN must hold and maintain a

current RN license.

a. T

b. F

23. According the CT Nurse Practice Act, all APRNs must hold a master's

degree in nursing.

a. T

b. F

24. According to the CT Nurse Practice Act, a physician must be physically

present in the institution, clinic, or setting when an APRN is prescribing

and administering medical therapeutics.

a. T

b. F

25. According to the CT Nurse Practice Act, an RN or LPN may execute the

medical regimen under the direction of a physician licensed in a state

bordering Connecticut.

a. T

b. F

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okay I was going to try this until I got to question 3- kinda scary!

the ?? that are related to a specific pers!! Good luck to anyone else who attempts!

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Girleen,

Can you give us the answers? I would kinda like to know some of the answers, pretty interesting questions.

thanks, marie

:confused: :idea: :smokin:

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Hey Hey Marie,

I'll post the answers on Saturday because I wanted to see if anyone esle knew these, I myself got quite a few of them wrong, it kinda shows how much I know LOL Like I said it's scary how little you know about nursing and this is some of those quizzes where you are suppose to like know all the answers real quick. Stay tuned and I will post the answers on Saturday give it a try. Come on people it won't be that bad if it will make you all feel better I will post my first answers so that way others will know I too didn't know most the answers.

Always Girleen~

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Originally posted by Girleen

Hey Hey Marie,

I'll post the answers on Saturday because I wanted to see if anyone esle knew these, I myself got quite a few of them wrong, it kinda shows how much I know LOL Like I said it's scary how little you know about nursing and this is some of those quizzes where you are suppose to like know all the answers real quick. Stay tuned and I will post the answers on Saturday give it a try. Come on people it won't be that bad if it will make you all feel better I will post my first answers so that way others will know I too didn't know most the answers.

Always Girleen~

That's fair enough Girleen, Saturday is fine, that will give some of us time to "guess" a little more..lol... thanks

marie

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I wish more people would have attempted...but oh well

1. b. Nurse anesthetists

2. b. Korean War

3. a. Margaret Sanger

4. d. Mildred Montag

5. c. Florence Wald

6. b. The 1965 ANA Position Paper

7. d. Virgina Henderson

8. c. The University of Colorado

9. a. Lillian Wald- Visitng Nurses Of NY

10. b. Mary Breckinridge -Frontier Nurses Service, KY

11. b. post-operative recovery

12. a. nursing roles were expanding

13. a. Shirley Titus

14. d. established collective bargaining as the foundation of

employee/management relations

15. c. LPNs may do everything that RNs can do, provided they are supervised by RNs

16. a. APRNs

17. b. F, not only nurse anesthetist

18. a. T

19. a. T

20. b. F, advanced pactioners

21. a. T

22. a. T

23. b. F, only those after 1994

24. a. T "medical therapeutics during surgery may only do so if the physician who is medically directing the prescriptive activity is physically present in the institution, clinic, or other setting where such surgery is being performed" other than that they can only hand out samples

25. a. T

Always Girleen~

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