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Cherry&Jacob:Contemporary Nursing:Issues,Trends,andManagement,7th Edition
MULTIPLECHOICE
1. Clara Bartonisknown for:
a. becomingthefirstblack publichealthnurse.
b. establishingthe HenryStreet Settlement.
c. foundingthe American Red Cross.
d. publicizingtheinadequaciesofhospital-basednursingschools.
ANS: C
TheAmerican Red Cross, foundedbyClara Bartonin1882, assistedineffortstocontinuepublic
healthnursing.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 11
2. Studentsareassignedtowritetotheirstateleadersabout an
issueaffectingtheircommunity. One student writes about the need amongrural
communityforgreater accessto acutecareservices. Whichofthe followingpieces of
legislation shouldthestudentuse as a reference?
a. Social SecurityAct
b. Hill-BurtonAct
c. Sheppard-Towner Act
d. U.S. Civil Service Act
ANS: B
Thepurposeofthe Hill-Burton Actwastoprovidefundingtoconstructhospitalsandtohelpstatesin
planforotherhealth care facilities inaccordance withtheneedsof communities.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 13
3. Thepracticeof publichealthnursingandthe HenryStreet Settlement arecreditedto:
a. Mary Breckenridge.
b. MarySeacole.
c. Clara Barton.
, d. LillianWald.
ANS: D
Lillian Wald, apioneerinpublichealthnursing, isbestknownforthedevelopmentand
establishmentofthe Henry Street Settlement.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 6
4. Occupationalhealth nursing features beliefssimilartothoseofwhich
v earlynursingpioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
v
b. FlorenceNightingale
c. Clara Barton
d. MarySeacole
ANS: A
, Lillian Walddevelopedthefirstnursingserviceforoccupational health.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 10
5. Whathistorical event first ledtotherecognitionofthecontributionofblackstonursing?
a. Florence Nightingale‘s acceptanceofblacknurses intothefirstnursingschool
b. Thecontributionsofblacknurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital,
thefirsthospitalin America
c. MarySeacole‘s efforts to careforsoldiersduringthe Crimean War
d. Theworkdonebywivesofwealthyblack
nobleswhocarriedfoodandmedicine fromhousetohouseduringthe
Middle Ages
ANS: C
Although Nightingale‘s schoolrefused Seacole, shewasabletomakeadifferenceinthe
Crimean War and later wasrecognized forher efforts.
DIF: Comprehension REF: pp. 8-9
6. World War I contributed totheadvancementofhealthcareby:
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a. increasingthenumberofprivatecarehospitalsanddecreasingtheroleofpub
lic healthservices.
b. employingalargenumberofcivilianstoprovidecaretoreturningsoldiersthrought
he Red Cross.
c. introducingspecialistsinnursingsuch as nurse anesthetists.
d. increasingthenumberof communityhealth nurses.
ANS: C
World War I offered nursesachancetoenterintonewfieldsofspecialization, as isseeninthe
v
exampleofnurse anesthetists, who becamepartofsurgicalteams at the front lines.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 11
7. Theprimary purposeofthe Social SecurityAct of 1935 wasto:
a. increaseresearchthatfocusedonminoritygroups.
b. providemedical careforchemicallyimpairedpersons.
c. ensurehealthcareforolderadultsthroughanationalinsurancesystem.
d. decreasethepublic‘s
financialburdenbylimitingservicesofferedbylocalhealth departments.
ANS: C
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Cherry&Jacob:Contemporary Nursing:Issues,Trends,andManagement,7th Edition
MULTIPLECHOICE
1. Clara Bartonisknown for:
a. becomingthefirstblack publichealthnurse.
b. establishingthe HenryStreet Settlement.
c. foundingthe American Red Cross.
d. publicizingtheinadequaciesofhospital-basednursingschools.
ANS: C
TheAmerican Red Cross, foundedbyClara Bartonin1882, assistedineffortstocontinuepublic
healthnursing.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 11
2. Studentsareassignedtowritetotheirstateleadersabout an
issueaffectingtheircommunity. One student writes about the need amongrural
communityforgreater accessto acutecareservices. Whichofthe followingpieces of
legislation shouldthestudentuse as a reference?
a. Social SecurityAct
b. Hill-BurtonAct
c. Sheppard-Towner Act
d. U.S. Civil Service Act
ANS: B
Thepurposeofthe Hill-Burton Actwastoprovidefundingtoconstructhospitalsandtohelpstatesin
planforotherhealth care facilities inaccordance withtheneedsof communities.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 13
3. Thepracticeof publichealthnursingandthe HenryStreet Settlement arecreditedto:
a. Mary Breckenridge.
b. MarySeacole.
c. Clara Barton.
, d. LillianWald.
ANS: D
Lillian Wald, apioneerinpublichealthnursing, isbestknownforthedevelopmentand
establishmentofthe Henry Street Settlement.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 6
4. Occupationalhealth nursing features beliefssimilartothoseofwhich
v earlynursingpioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
v
b. FlorenceNightingale
c. Clara Barton
d. MarySeacole
ANS: A
, Lillian Walddevelopedthefirstnursingserviceforoccupational health.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 10
5. Whathistorical event first ledtotherecognitionofthecontributionofblackstonursing?
a. Florence Nightingale‘s acceptanceofblacknurses intothefirstnursingschool
b. Thecontributionsofblacknurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital,
thefirsthospitalin America
c. MarySeacole‘s efforts to careforsoldiersduringthe Crimean War
d. Theworkdonebywivesofwealthyblack
nobleswhocarriedfoodandmedicine fromhousetohouseduringthe
Middle Ages
ANS: C
Although Nightingale‘s schoolrefused Seacole, shewasabletomakeadifferenceinthe
Crimean War and later wasrecognized forher efforts.
DIF: Comprehension REF: pp. 8-9
6. World War I contributed totheadvancementofhealthcareby:
v
a. increasingthenumberofprivatecarehospitalsanddecreasingtheroleofpub
lic healthservices.
b. employingalargenumberofcivilianstoprovidecaretoreturningsoldiersthrought
he Red Cross.
c. introducingspecialistsinnursingsuch as nurse anesthetists.
d. increasingthenumberof communityhealth nurses.
ANS: C
World War I offered nursesachancetoenterintonewfieldsofspecialization, as isseeninthe
v
exampleofnurse anesthetists, who becamepartofsurgicalteams at the front lines.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 11
7. Theprimary purposeofthe Social SecurityAct of 1935 wasto:
a. increaseresearchthatfocusedonminoritygroups.
b. providemedical careforchemicallyimpairedpersons.
c. ensurehealthcareforolderadultsthroughanationalinsurancesystem.
d. decreasethepublic‘s
financialburdenbylimitingservicesofferedbylocalhealth departments.
ANS: C
