Trends – Exam 1
Chapter 6: Historical Perspectives: Influences on the Present
1. Which statement indicates the nurse understands the Latin origin of “nurse?”
a. “The Latin word for ‘nurse’ is carena, meaning ‘caring’”
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Trends – Exam 1
Chapter 6: Historical Perspectives: Influences on the Present
1. Which statement indicates the nurse understands the Latin origin of “nurse?”
a. “The Latin word for ‘nurse’ is carena, meaning ‘caring’”.
b. “The Latin word for ‘nurse’ is nimphe, meaning ‘nurture’”.
c. “The Latin word for ‘nurse’ is succurus, meaning ‘relief’”.
d. “The Latin word for ‘nurse’ is nutricius, meaning ‘nourishing’”.
The word “nurse” is derived from the Latin word nutricius, meaning nourishing.
2. The nursing student has an adequate grasp of nursing history when stating that after the
fall of the Roman empire, the knowledge of health practice was primarily preserved by
a. English monks in cloistered buildings
b. Jewish physicians who could translate into Latin
c. Roman priests who practiced medicine
d. Fortuna, who practiced midwifery
Any medical & health care knowledge that survived the dark period of history was preserved
primarily by the Jewish physicians who translated the Greek and Roman works.
3. Which of the following is true of early Christian deaconesses and how they became
responsible for caring for poor and ill people?
a. The deacons relinquished this work to women (specifically, widows & virgins)
b. The early church valued women
c. No one else would care for poor and ill
d. The deaconesses had formal training to do the work
Originally, the deacons of the early Christian church cared for poor and the ill people, but they
turned these duties over to widows and virgins, who were pure of heart.
4. What was the description of a nurse in the medieval times during the Holy wars?
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