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, Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing MULTIPLE dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt




CHOICE
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for?
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a. Becoming the first black public health nurse dt dt dt dt dt dt




b. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement dt dt dt dt




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d. Publicizing the inadequacies of hospital- dt dt dt dt




based nursing schools CORRECT ANSWER: C
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The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton in 1882, to be of assistance in efforts to provide supplies
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to the battlefields and hospitals. Barton also sets up a postwar service to find missing soldiers.
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DIF:Knowledge



2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their community. One st
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udent writes about the need among rural community for greater access to acute care services. Which pie
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ce of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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a. Social Security Act dt dt




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The purpose of the Hill-
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Burton Act was to provide funding to construct hospitals and to help states in plan for other health care faci
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lities in accordance with the needs of communities.
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3. The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to
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a. Mary Breckenridge. dt




b. Mary Seacole. dt




c. Clara Barton. dt



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Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and establishment of th
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e Henry Street Settlement.
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4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?
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d. Mary Seacole CORRE dt dt




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Lillian Wald was a pioneer in public health nursing, and is best known for the development and establishm
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ent of the first viable practice for public health nurses.
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DIF:Comprehension



5. What historical event first led to the recognition of the contribution of blacks to nursing?
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a. Florence Nightingale‘s acceptance of black nurses into the first nursing school
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b. The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in America
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c. Mary Williams and Frances Rose are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory
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d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine from house to house d
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uring the Middle Ages
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1840—
Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross, are
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listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
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, 6. World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by
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a. increasing the number of private care hospitals and decreasing the role of public health services.
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b. employing a large number of civilians to provide care to returning soldiers through the Red Cross.
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c. introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists. dt dt dt dt dt dt dt




d. increasing the number of community health nurses. dt dt dt dt dt dt




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World War I offered nurses a chance to enter new fields of specialization, as is seen in the example of nurse
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anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
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7. What was an original purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?
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a. Increase research that focused on minority groups dt dt dt dt dt dt




b. Provide medical care for chemically impaired persons
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c. Ensure health care for older adults through a national insurance system
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d. Decrease the public‘s financial burden by limiting services offered by local health departments
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By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the precedent for the pas
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sage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the act also provided maternal and child
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welfare services, rehabilitation for the mentally and physically challenged, medical care for blind individua
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ls and crippled children, and unemployment benefits.
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8. A client asks the nurse, ―Can you explain the amendment to the Social Security Act called Title XVIII
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to me? The nurse demonstrates an understanding of this legislation when providing what response?
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a. It led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care hospital–based nursing care.
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b. It provided medical insurance to those younger adults or children who were not eligible for private i
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nsurance because of catastrophic illnesses such as cancer.
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c. It provided preventive care for women, infants, and children.
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d. It ensured that individuals with end-stage renal disease had health care insurance.
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