Community Ch. 3 - History + Evolution of
Public Health Nursing Exam Questions
And Answers
American Nurses Association (ANA) -
correct answer ✅- Developed from a meeting of nursing leaders
who initiated an alumnae organization of 10 schools of nursing to
form the National Associated Alumnae of the United States and
Canada
- Purpose: to promote nursing education and practice standards.
district nursing -
correct answer ✅System in public health nursing in which a nurse
was assigned to a geographic district in a town to provide a variety
of health services for its residents.
- the aim of the district nurse is to give first-rate nursing to the sick
poor at home
Frontier Nursing Service -
correct answer ✅a rural nursing service founded in 1925 by Mary
Breckinridge in Kentucky as the Kentucky Committee for Mothers
and Babies. The FNS influenced the development of nurse
midwifery in the United States.
,Community Ch. 3 - History + Evolution of
Public Health Nursing Exam Questions
And Answers
Henry Street Settlement -
correct answer ✅1st public health nursing practice staffed by both
nurses and social workers. (Due to Lillian Wald)
Industrial Nursing -
correct answer ✅-another form of public health nursing; expanded
during early 1900s
-first industrial nurse: Philippa Flowerday Reid
- In collaboration with Henry Street Settlement, the company
organized the Visiting department and provided services to
policyholders in a section of Manhattan.
National League for Nursing -
correct answer ✅a national organization for nurses that is
composed of nurses and consumers and was created in 1952 with
the closure of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing
and other professional nursing organizations.
National Organization for Public Health Nursing -
correct answer ✅- founded by Lilian wild and Mary Gardner in
1912
, Community Ch. 3 - History + Evolution of
Public Health Nursing Exam Questions
And Answers
- purpose: setting standards for PHNs
- in 1931, developed "general and specialized objectives" regarding
work with individuals, families, communities
- in 1940, added 12 functions of PHNs; began using community
health nurse as a more inclusive gesture
- in 1952, merged with NLN
Population Health -
correct answer ✅the health status of people who are not
organized and have no identity as a group or locality and the
actions and conditions to promote, protect, and preserve their
health
Rural Nursing -
correct answer ✅practice of professional nursing within the
physical and sociocultural context of sparsely populated
communities, started by fanny clement
Visiting nurse associations -
correct answer ✅Established 1885-1886. The visiting nurse
Public Health Nursing Exam Questions
And Answers
American Nurses Association (ANA) -
correct answer ✅- Developed from a meeting of nursing leaders
who initiated an alumnae organization of 10 schools of nursing to
form the National Associated Alumnae of the United States and
Canada
- Purpose: to promote nursing education and practice standards.
district nursing -
correct answer ✅System in public health nursing in which a nurse
was assigned to a geographic district in a town to provide a variety
of health services for its residents.
- the aim of the district nurse is to give first-rate nursing to the sick
poor at home
Frontier Nursing Service -
correct answer ✅a rural nursing service founded in 1925 by Mary
Breckinridge in Kentucky as the Kentucky Committee for Mothers
and Babies. The FNS influenced the development of nurse
midwifery in the United States.
,Community Ch. 3 - History + Evolution of
Public Health Nursing Exam Questions
And Answers
Henry Street Settlement -
correct answer ✅1st public health nursing practice staffed by both
nurses and social workers. (Due to Lillian Wald)
Industrial Nursing -
correct answer ✅-another form of public health nursing; expanded
during early 1900s
-first industrial nurse: Philippa Flowerday Reid
- In collaboration with Henry Street Settlement, the company
organized the Visiting department and provided services to
policyholders in a section of Manhattan.
National League for Nursing -
correct answer ✅a national organization for nurses that is
composed of nurses and consumers and was created in 1952 with
the closure of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing
and other professional nursing organizations.
National Organization for Public Health Nursing -
correct answer ✅- founded by Lilian wild and Mary Gardner in
1912
, Community Ch. 3 - History + Evolution of
Public Health Nursing Exam Questions
And Answers
- purpose: setting standards for PHNs
- in 1931, developed "general and specialized objectives" regarding
work with individuals, families, communities
- in 1940, added 12 functions of PHNs; began using community
health nurse as a more inclusive gesture
- in 1952, merged with NLN
Population Health -
correct answer ✅the health status of people who are not
organized and have no identity as a group or locality and the
actions and conditions to promote, protect, and preserve their
health
Rural Nursing -
correct answer ✅practice of professional nursing within the
physical and sociocultural context of sparsely populated
communities, started by fanny clement
Visiting nurse associations -
correct answer ✅Established 1885-1886. The visiting nurse
