Contemporary Nursing Issues, Trends & Management 9th Edition Barbara Cherry, Susan R. Jacob Test Bank

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,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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1. Clara Barton is known for:
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a. becoming the first black public health nurse. #t #t #t #t #t #t


b. establishing the Henry Street Settlement. #t #t #t #t


c. founding the American Red Cross. #t #t #t #t


d. publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools. #t #t #t #t #t #t




ANS: C # t


The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to continue pu
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blic 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 s
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ervices. Which of the following pieces of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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a. Social Security Act #t #t


b. Hill-Burton Act #t


c. Sheppard-Towner Act #t


d. U.S. Civil Service Act #t #t #t




ANS: B # t


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 healt
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h 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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a. Mary Breckenridge. #t


b. Mary Seacole. #t


c. Clara Barton. #t


d. Lillian Wald. #t




ANS: D # t


Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and establi
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shment of the Henry Street Settlement.
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4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?
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a. Lillian Wald #t


b. Florence Nightingale #t


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d. Mary Seacole #t




ANS: A # t

, 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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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
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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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from house to house during the Middle Ages
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ANS: C # t


Although Nightingale‘s school refused Seacole, she was able to make a difference in the Cri
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mean 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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a. increasing the number of private care hospitals and decreasing the role of public
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health services. #t


b. employing a large number of civilians to provide care to returning soldiers through
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the Red Cross. #t #t


c. introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists. #t #t #t #t #t #t #t


d. increasing the number of community health nurses. #t #t #t #t #t #t




ANS: C # t


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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a. increase research that focused on minority groups. #t #t #t #t #t #t


b. provide medical care for chemically impaired persons.
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c. ensure health care for older adults through a national insurance system.
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d. decrease the public‘s financial burden by limiting services offered by local health
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departments.
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By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the preced
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ent for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the act also
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provided maternal and child welfare services, rehabilitation for the mentally and physically c
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hallenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and unemployment benef
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its.

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8. A client asks the nurse, ―Can you explain Medicare, an amendment to the Social Security
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Act?‖ The nurse responds that Medicare:
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a. led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care hospital–
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based nursing care. #t #t