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, Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing MULTIPL
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E CHOICE
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1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for?
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a. Becoming the first black public health nurse ma ma ma ma ma ma
b. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement ma ma ma ma
c. Founding the American Red Cross ma ma ma ma
d. Publicizing the inadequacies of hospital- ma ma ma ma
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 sup
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plies 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. O
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ne student writes about the need among rural community for greater access to acute care services.
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Which piece of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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a. Social Security Act ma ma
b. Hill-Burton Act ma
c. Sheppard-Towner Act ma
d. U.S. Civil Service Act ma ma ma
CORRECT ANSWER:
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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 health car
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e 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. ma
b. Mary Seacole. ma
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,c. Clara Barton.
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, d. Lillian Wald. ma
CORRECT ANSWER: D ma ma
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and establishment
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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 ma
b. Florence Nightingale ma
c. Clara Barton ma
d. Mary Seacole CORRE ma ma
CT ANSWER: A
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Lillian Wald was a pioneer in public health nursing, and is best known for the development and establ
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ishment 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 ho
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use during the Middle Ages
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CORRECT ANSWER: C ma ma
1840—
Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross,
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are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
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DIF:Comprehension
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, Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing MULTIPL
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E CHOICE
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1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for?
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a. Becoming the first black public health nurse ma ma ma ma ma ma
b. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement ma ma ma ma
c. Founding the American Red Cross ma ma ma ma
d. Publicizing the inadequacies of hospital- ma ma ma ma
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 sup
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plies 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. O
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ne student writes about the need among rural community for greater access to acute care services.
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Which piece of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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a. Social Security Act ma ma
b. Hill-Burton Act ma
c. Sheppard-Towner Act ma
d. U.S. Civil Service Act ma ma ma
CORRECT ANSWER:
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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 health car
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e 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. ma
b. Mary Seacole. ma
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,c. Clara Barton.
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, d. Lillian Wald. ma
CORRECT ANSWER: D ma ma
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and establishment
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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 ma
b. Florence Nightingale ma
c. Clara Barton ma
d. Mary Seacole CORRE ma ma
CT ANSWER: A
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Lillian Wald was a pioneer in public health nursing, and is best known for the development and establ
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ishment 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 ho
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use during the Middle Ages
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CORRECT ANSWER: C ma ma
1840—
Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross,
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are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
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DIF:Comprehension
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