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ContemporaryNursing:Issues,Trends,andManagement


BarbaraCherry,&SusanR.Jacob
9th Edition
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,Table of Contents
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Chapter e0 01 e0 The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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Chaptere0 02e0 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing
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Chapter e0 03e0 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education
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Chapter e0 04e0 Nursing Licensure and Certification
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Chapter e0 05e0 Theories of Nursing Practice
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Chapter e0 06e0 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
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Chaptere0 07
e0 Paying for Health Care in America Rising Costs and Challenges
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Chaptere0 08
e0 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Chaptere0 09e0 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Chapter e0 10e0 Cultural Competency and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Chapter 11 Complementary and Alternative Healing
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Chapter 12 Palliative Care
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Chapter e0 13
e0 Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment
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Chaptere0 14
e0 Collective Bargaining and Unions in Today‘s Workplace
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Chaptere0 15
e0 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
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Chapter e0 16
e0 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today‘s World
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Chapter e0 17 e0 Nursing Leadership and Management
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Chapter e0 18 e0 Budgeting Basics for Nurses e0 e0 e0 123
Chaptere0 19
e0 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
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Chapter 20 Effective Delegation and Supervision
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Chapter e0 21 e0 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Model
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Chaptere0 22
e0 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
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Chaptere0 23
e0 Health Policy and Politics Get Involved
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Chapter e0 24 e0 Clinical Judgment e0 172
Chapter e0 25
e0 Making the Transition From Student to Professional Nurse
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Chaptere0 26
e0 Managing Time The Path to High Self-Performance
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Chapter e0 27 e0 Job Search Finding Your Match
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Chapter 28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination
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Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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Cherry: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE e0




1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for?
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a. Becoming the first black public health nurse e0 e0 e0 e0 e0 e0


b. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement e0 e0 e0 e0


c. Founding the American Red Cross e0 e0 e0 e0


d. Publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schoolse0 e0 e0 e0 e0 e0




ANS: C
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton in 1882, to be of assistance in effo
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r ts to provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals. Barton also sets up a postwar
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servic e 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 communit
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y. One student writes about the need among rural community for greater access to acute
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ca re services. Which piece of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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a. Social Security Act e0 e0


b. Hill-Burton Act e0


c. Sheppard-Towner Act e0


d. U.S. Civil Service Act e0 e0 e0




ANS: B
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 he
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a lth care facilities in accordance with the needs of communities.
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DIF: Knowledge

3. The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to
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a. Mary Breckenridge. e0


b. Mary Seacole. e0


c. Clara Barton. e0


d. Lillian Wald. e0




ANS: D
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and establi
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s hment of the Henry Street Settlement.
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DIF: Knowledge

4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?
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a. Lillian Wald e0


b. Florence Nightingale e0


c. Clara Barton e0


d. Mary Seacole e0




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ANS: A
Lillian Wald was a pioneer in public health nursing, and is best known for the developme
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nt and establishment 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
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i n America e0 e0


c. Mary Williams and Frances Rose are listed as nurses in the City of Baltim
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o re Directory e0 e0


d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medic
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i ne from house to house during the Middle Ages
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ANS: C
1840—
Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters of th
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e Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
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DIF: Comprehension

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 publ
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i c health services.
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b. employing a large number of civilians to provide care to returning soldiers throu
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g h the Red Cross.e0 e0 e0 e0


c. introducing specialists in nursingAsuchAasAnurse anesthetists. e0 e0 e0 e0


d. increasing the number of community health nurses. e0 e0 e0 e0 e0 e0



ANS: C
World War I offered nurses a chance to enter new fields of specialization, as is seen in the exa
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mple of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
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DIF: Comprehension

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 e0 e0 e0 e0 e0 e0


b. Provide medical care for chemically impaired persons e0 e0 e0 e0 e0 e0


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 hea
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lt h departments e0 e0




ANS: C
By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the pre
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c edent for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the
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act also provided maternal and child welfare services, rehabilitation for the mentally and p
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hys ically challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and unemp
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loym ent benefits. e0 e0




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