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Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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Cherry and Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, andnManagement,
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MULTIPLE CHOICE ss
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for?
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ANS:nC
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provide supplies to thenbattlefieldsnand hospitals. Barton also sets up a postwar service to find
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missing soldiers.
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DIF: Knowledge
2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their
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community. One student writesnabout the neednamong rural community for greater access to
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acute carenser vices. Which piece of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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a. Social Security Act ss ss
b. Hill-Burton Act ss
c. Sheppard-Towner Act ss
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ANS:nB
The purpose of the Hill-
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Burton Act was to providenfunding to construct hospitals and to help states in plan for other hea
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lth care facilities in accordancenwith the needs of communities.
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DIF: Knowledge
3. The practice of public health nursingnand the Henry Street Settlement arencredited to
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a. Mary Breckenridge. ss
b. Mary Seacole. ss
c. Clara Barton. ss
d. Lillian Wald. ss
ANS:nD
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in publicnhealth nursing, is best known for the development and establishme
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nt of the Henry Street Settlement.
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DIF: Knowledge
4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing
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pioneer?
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a. Lillian Wald
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b. Florence Nightingale
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c. Clara Barton
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Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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Cherry and Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, andnManagement,
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9thnEditi on
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MULTIPLE CHOICE ss
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for?
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a. Becoming the first black public health nurse ss ss ss ss ss ss
b. Establishing thenHenry Street Settlement ss ss ss
c. Founding the American Red Cross ss ss ss ss
d. Publicizing the inadequaciesnof hospital-based nursing schools ss ss ss ss ss
ANS:nC
The American Red Cross wasnfounded byClara Barton in 1882, to be of assistance in efforts ton
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provide supplies to thenbattlefieldsnand hospitals. Barton also sets up a postwar service to find
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missing soldiers.
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DIF: Knowledge
2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their
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community. One student writesnabout the neednamong rural community for greater access to
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acute carenser vices. Which piece of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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a. Social Security Act ss ss
b. Hill-Burton Act ss
c. Sheppard-Towner Act ss
d. U.S. Civil ServicenAct ss ss
ANS:nB
The purpose of the Hill-
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Burton Act was to providenfunding to construct hospitals and to help states in plan for other hea
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lth care facilities in accordancenwith the needs of communities.
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DIF: Knowledge
3. The practice of public health nursingnand the Henry Street Settlement arencredited to
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a. Mary Breckenridge. ss
b. Mary Seacole. ss
c. Clara Barton. ss
d. Lillian Wald. ss
ANS:nD
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in publicnhealth nursing, is best known for the development and establishme
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nt of the Henry Street Settlement.
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DIF: Knowledge
4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing
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pioneer?
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a. Lillian Wald
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b. Florence Nightingale
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c. Clara Barton
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