Test Bank For
Contemporary Nursing Issues, Trends, & Management
Author: Barbara Cherry, Susan R. Jacob
10th Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENT
UNIT 1 The Development of Nursing
1 The Evolution of Professional Nursing
2 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing
3 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education
4 Nursing Licensure and Certification
5 Theories of Nursing Practice
6 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Unit 2 Current Issues in Health Care
7 Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges
8 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care
9 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
10 Cultural Competency, Person-Centered
Care, and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care
11 Complementary and Alternative Healing
12 Palliative Care
13 Workplace Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment
14 Collective Bargaining and Unions in Today’s Workplace
15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
16 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World
Unit 3 Leadership and Management
in Nursing
17 Nursing Leadership and Management: The Foundations
18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses
19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
20 Effective Delegation and Supervision
21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models
22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
23 Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved!
24 Clinical Judgment
Unit 4 Career Management
25 Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse
26 Managing Time: The Path to High Self-Performance
27 Job Search: Finding Your Match
28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination
,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Clara Barton is 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.
ANS: C
The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to continue public
health nursing.
DIFFICULTY: Knowledge REFERENCE: p. 11
2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their community. One
student writes about the need among rural community for greater access to acute care services.
Which of the following pieces 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
ANS: B
The purpose of the Hill-Burton Act was to provide funding to construct hospitals and to help
states in plan for other health care facilities in accordance with the needs of communities.
I
DIFFICULTY: Knowledge REFERENCE: p. 13
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.
ANS: D
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
, DIFFICULTY: Knowledge REFERENCE: p. 6
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
ANS: A
Lillian Wald developed the first nursing service for occupational health.
DIFFICULTY: Comprehension REFERENCE: p. 10
5. What historical event first led to the recognition of the contribution of blacks to nursing?
a. Florence Nightingale‘s acceptance of
black nurses into the first nursing school
b. The contributions of black nurses at the
Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
America
c. Mary Seacole‘s efforts to care for soldiers
during the Crimean War
d. The work done by wives of wealthy black
nobles who carried food and medicine
from house to house during the Middle
Ages
ANS: C
Although Nightingale‘s school refused Seacole, she was able to make a difference in the Crimean
War and later was recognized for her efforts.
DIFFICULTY: Comprehension REFERENCE: pp. 8-9
6. World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by:
a. increasing the number of private care
hospitals and decreasing the role of public
health services.
b. employing a large number of civilians to
provide care to returning soldiers through
the Red Cross.
c. introducing specialists in nursing such as
nurse anesthetists.
d. increasing the number of community
health nurses.
Contemporary Nursing Issues, Trends, & Management
Author: Barbara Cherry, Susan R. Jacob
10th Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENT
UNIT 1 The Development of Nursing
1 The Evolution of Professional Nursing
2 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing
3 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education
4 Nursing Licensure and Certification
5 Theories of Nursing Practice
6 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Unit 2 Current Issues in Health Care
7 Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges
8 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care
9 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
10 Cultural Competency, Person-Centered
Care, and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care
11 Complementary and Alternative Healing
12 Palliative Care
13 Workplace Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment
14 Collective Bargaining and Unions in Today’s Workplace
15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
16 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World
Unit 3 Leadership and Management
in Nursing
17 Nursing Leadership and Management: The Foundations
18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses
19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
20 Effective Delegation and Supervision
21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models
22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
23 Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved!
24 Clinical Judgment
Unit 4 Career Management
25 Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse
26 Managing Time: The Path to High Self-Performance
27 Job Search: Finding Your Match
28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination
,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 10th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Clara Barton is 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.
ANS: C
The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to continue public
health nursing.
DIFFICULTY: Knowledge REFERENCE: p. 11
2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their community. One
student writes about the need among rural community for greater access to acute care services.
Which of the following pieces 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
ANS: B
The purpose of the Hill-Burton Act was to provide funding to construct hospitals and to help
states in plan for other health care facilities in accordance with the needs of communities.
I
DIFFICULTY: Knowledge REFERENCE: p. 13
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.
ANS: D
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
, DIFFICULTY: Knowledge REFERENCE: p. 6
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
ANS: A
Lillian Wald developed the first nursing service for occupational health.
DIFFICULTY: Comprehension REFERENCE: p. 10
5. What historical event first led to the recognition of the contribution of blacks to nursing?
a. Florence Nightingale‘s acceptance of
black nurses into the first nursing school
b. The contributions of black nurses at the
Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
America
c. Mary Seacole‘s efforts to care for soldiers
during the Crimean War
d. The work done by wives of wealthy black
nobles who carried food and medicine
from house to house during the Middle
Ages
ANS: C
Although Nightingale‘s school refused Seacole, she was able to make a difference in the Crimean
War and later was recognized for her efforts.
DIFFICULTY: Comprehension REFERENCE: pp. 8-9
6. World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by:
a. increasing the number of private care
hospitals and decreasing the role of public
health services.
b. employing a large number of civilians to
provide care to returning soldiers through
the Red Cross.
c. introducing specialists in nursing such as
nurse anesthetists.
d. increasing the number of community
health nurses.
