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This Updated/Latest 2025–2026 test bank for Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8th Edition by Barbara Cherry and Susan R. Jacob is a comprehensive educational resource designed to help nursing students understand the evolving landscape of professional nursing practice and healthcare systems. Covering all chapters, this resource includes chapter-by-chapter practice questions, detailed answer rationales, NCLEX-style examinations, case studies, and critical-thinking exercises that strengthen clinical judgment and leadership skills in nursing. Topics include the evolution of professional nursing, nursing roles and responsibilities, healthcare delivery systems, evidence-based practice, ethical and legal issues, cultural competence, health policy, informatics, patient safety, quality improvement, communication, collaboration, leadership and management, delegation, workforce issues, nursing education, and career development. This study resource supports classroom learning, clinical preparation, examination readiness, and professional development while strengthening the knowledge and competencies required for effective nursing leadership and safe patient care throughout 2025–2026.

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Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8TH Edition 2022/2023
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Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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1. What Accomplishment is Clara Barton known for:
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a. becoming the first black public health nurse. L
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The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to continue
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public health nursing.
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2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their community.
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One student writes about the need among rural community for greater access to acute care
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services. Which of the following pieces of legislation should the student use as a REFFER
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The purpose of the Hill-Burton Act was to provide funding to construct hospitals and to help
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states in plan for other health care facilities 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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Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
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establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
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Lillian Wald developed the first nursing service for occupational health.
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5. What historical event first led to the recognition of the contribution of blacks to nursing?
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c. Mary Seacole‘s efforts to care for soldiers during the Crimean War
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d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine
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difference in theCrimean War and later was recognized for her efforts.
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6. World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by:
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soldiers throughthe Red Cross.
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World War I offered nurses a chance to enter into new fields of specialization, as is seen in the
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example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
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7. The primary purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935 was to:
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By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the
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precedent 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
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physically challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and
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8. A client asks the nurse, —Can you explain Medicare, an amendment to the Social Security
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The Medicare program provides hospital insurance, Part A, and medical insurance, Part B, to
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all people ages 65 and older who are eligible to receive Social Security benefits; people
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profession based on scientific fact rather than superstition.
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Nursing has existed since biblical times to address needs ranging from contagious diseases in
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milieu. During which other historical periods did health practices focus on the use of herbs?
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