Issues, Trends, and Management 10th
Edition ISBN 978-0443123566 by Barbara
Cherry & Susan R. Jacob
SECTION 1: THE EVOLUTION OF PROFESSIONAL
NURSING
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best
known for?
A) Becoming the first black public health nurse
B) Establishing the Henry Street Settlement
C) Founding the American Red Cross
D) Publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based
nursing schools
Answer: C
Rationale: The American Red Cross was founded by
Clara Barton in 1882, to be of assistance in efforts to
provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals.
,Barton also set up a postwar service to find missing
soldiers .
2. Students are assigned to write to their state
leaders about an issue affecting their community.
One student writes about the need among rural
communities for greater access to acute care
services. Which piece of legislation should the
student use as a reference?
A) Social Security Act
B) Hill-Burton Act
C) Sheppard-Towner Act
D) U.S. Civil Service Act
Answer: B
Rationale: The purpose of the Hill-Burton Act was to
provide funding to construct hospitals and to help
states plan for other health care facilities in
accordance with the needs of communities .
3. The practice of public health nursing and the
Henry Street Settlement are credited to:
A) Mary Breckenridge
, B) Mary Seacole
C) Clara Barton
D) Lillian Wald
Answer: D
Rationale: Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health
nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement .
4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs
similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?
A) Lillian Wald
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Clara Barton
D) Mary Seacole
Answer: A
Rationale: Lillian Wald was a pioneer in public health
nursing, and is best known for the development and
establishment of the first viable practice for public
health nurses .
5. What historical event first led to the
recognition of the contribution of blacks to