TEST BANK
Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management
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Barbara Cherry, & Susan R. Jacob
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9th Edition
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 01 The Evolution of Professional Nursing 1
Chapter 02 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing 8
Chapter 03 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education 16
Chapter 04 Nursing Licensure and Certification 23
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Chapter 05 Theories of Nursing Practice 30
Chapter 06 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice 38
Chapter 07 Paying for Health Care in America Rising Costs and Challenges 47
Chapter 08 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care 56
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Chapter 09 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care 63
Chapter 10 Cultural Competency and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care 70
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Chapter 11 Complementary and Alternative Healing 74
Chapter 12 Palliative Care 82
Chapter 13 Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment 86
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Chapter 14 Collective Bargaining and Unions in Today’s Workplace 94
Chapter 15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting 101
Chapter 16 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World 107
Chapter 17 Nursing Leadership and Management 115
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Chapter 18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses 123
Chapter 19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution 130
Chapter 20 Effective Delegation and Supervision 138
Chapter 21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Model 146
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Chapter 22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety 154
Chapter 23 Health Policy and Politics Get Involved 165
Chapter 24 Clinical Judgment 172
Chapter 25 Making the Transition From Student to Professional Nurse 176
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Chapter 26 Managing Time The Path to High Self-Performance 185
Chapter 27 Job Search Finding Your Match 192
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Chapter 28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination 200
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, Test Bank - Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th edition (Cherry, 2023)
Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Cherry: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for?
a. Becoming the first black public health nurse
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b. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement
c. Founding the American Red Cross
d. Publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools
ANS: C
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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 sets up a postwar service to
find missing soldiers.
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DIF: Knowledge
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
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services. Which piece of legislation should the student use as a reference?
a. Social Security Act
b. Hill-Burton Act
c. Sheppard-Towner Act
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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.
PR
DIF: Knowledge
3. The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to
a. Mary Breckenridge.
b. Mary Seacole.
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c. Clara Barton.
d. Lillian Wald.
ANS: D
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Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
DIF: Knowledge
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4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
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c. Clara Barton
d. Mary Seacole
, Test Bank - Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th edition (Cherry, 2023)
ANS: A
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.
DIF: Comprehension
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
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b. The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
America
c. Mary Williams and Frances Rose are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore
Directory
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
ANS: C
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1840—Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters
of the Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
DIF: Comprehension
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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.
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c. introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists.
d. increasing the number of community health nurses.
ANS: C
World War I offered nurses a chance to enter 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.
DIF: Comprehension
7. What was an original purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?
a. Increase research that focused on minority groups
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b. Provide medical care for chemically impaired persons
c. Ensure health care for older adults through a national insurance system
d. Decrease the public‘s financial burden by limiting services offered by local health
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departments
ANS: C
By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the
precedent for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the
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
unemployment benefits.
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DIF: Comprehension
Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management
ST
Barbara Cherry, & Susan R. Jacob
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9th Edition
VI
A_
AP
PR
O
VE
D
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 01 The Evolution of Professional Nursing 1
Chapter 02 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing 8
Chapter 03 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education 16
Chapter 04 Nursing Licensure and Certification 23
ST
Chapter 05 Theories of Nursing Practice 30
Chapter 06 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice 38
Chapter 07 Paying for Health Care in America Rising Costs and Challenges 47
Chapter 08 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care 56
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Chapter 09 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care 63
Chapter 10 Cultural Competency and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care 70
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Chapter 11 Complementary and Alternative Healing 74
Chapter 12 Palliative Care 82
Chapter 13 Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment 86
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Chapter 14 Collective Bargaining and Unions in Today’s Workplace 94
Chapter 15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting 101
Chapter 16 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World 107
Chapter 17 Nursing Leadership and Management 115
AP
Chapter 18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses 123
Chapter 19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution 130
Chapter 20 Effective Delegation and Supervision 138
Chapter 21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Model 146
PR
Chapter 22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety 154
Chapter 23 Health Policy and Politics Get Involved 165
Chapter 24 Clinical Judgment 172
Chapter 25 Making the Transition From Student to Professional Nurse 176
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Chapter 26 Managing Time The Path to High Self-Performance 185
Chapter 27 Job Search Finding Your Match 192
VE
Chapter 28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination 200
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, Test Bank - Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th edition (Cherry, 2023)
Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Cherry: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for?
a. Becoming the first black public health nurse
ST
b. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement
c. Founding the American Red Cross
d. Publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools
ANS: C
U
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 sets up a postwar service to
find missing soldiers.
VI
DIF: Knowledge
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
A_
services. Which piece of legislation should the student use as a reference?
a. Social Security Act
b. Hill-Burton Act
c. Sheppard-Towner Act
AP
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.
PR
DIF: Knowledge
3. The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to
a. Mary Breckenridge.
b. Mary Seacole.
O
c. Clara Barton.
d. Lillian Wald.
ANS: D
VE
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
DIF: Knowledge
D
4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
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c. Clara Barton
d. Mary Seacole
, Test Bank - Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th edition (Cherry, 2023)
ANS: A
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.
DIF: Comprehension
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
ST
b. The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
America
c. Mary Williams and Frances Rose are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore
Directory
d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine
U
from house to house during the Middle Ages
ANS: C
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1840—Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters
of the Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
DIF: Comprehension
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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.
AP
c. introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists.
d. increasing the number of community health nurses.
ANS: C
World War I offered nurses a chance to enter new fields of specialization, as is seen in the
PR
example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
DIF: Comprehension
7. What was an original purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?
a. Increase research that focused on minority groups
O
b. Provide medical care for chemically impaired persons
c. Ensure health care for older adults through a national insurance system
d. Decrease the public‘s financial burden by limiting services offered by local health
VE
departments
ANS: C
By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the
precedent for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the
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
unemployment benefits.
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DIF: Comprehension
