N50 Exam 1 Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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N50 Exam 1 Questions with Detailed Verified
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Question: Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Ans✅ ✅: Incremental but progressive change to the way Americans gain access to
and pay for their health care, it was hotly debated (but supported by the ANA) and
determined that persons with preexisting health conditions could not be denied health
insurance coverage, which affected 129 million Americans

Question: ACA Law 1

Ans✅ ✅: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Question: ACA Law 2

Ans✅ ✅: Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act

Question: National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN)

Ans✅ ✅: A comprehensive survey of the nursing workforce done every 4 years from
1977-2008

Question: Linda Aiken

Ans✅ ✅: A champion for evidence-based practice, she determined that hospitals
requiring nurses with a minimum of a BSN and mandated nurse-to-patient ratios
greatly improved patient outcomes

Question: Lillian Wald

Ans✅ ✅: Considered the founder of public health nursing, she founded the Henry
Street Settlement and Visiting Nurse Service which provided nursing and social
services and organized educational and cultural activities

Question: Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho

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Ans✅ ✅: Nominated and confirmed to become the Army Surgeon General (the first
nurse and first woman to serve in that capacity), she is an experience clinical trauma
nurse and served during 9/11

Question: Meaningful Use

Ans✅ ✅: - Improves patient outcomes through the engagement of patients and
families

- Improves care coordination

- Increases privacy and security of patient information

- Included as part of the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act

Question: Requires advanced degrees or specialized education

Ans✅ ✅: - Nurse Educators

- Clinical Nurse Leaders

- Advanced Practice Nurses

Question: Advanced Practice Nurses

Ans✅ ✅: - Clinical Nurse Specialist

- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

- Certified Nurse Midwife

- Nurse Practitioner

Question: Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

Ans✅ ✅: Considered the founder of organized, professional nursing and the first
recorded nurse scientist, she is known for her work in the Crimean War, creating the
first English nursing school at St. Thomas' Hospital, and writing "Notes on Nursing:
What It Is and What It Is Not"

Question: Mary Seacole

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Ans✅ ✅: A Jamaican nurse who made significant contributions during the Crimean
War, created a "hotel" hospital for soldiers, performed an autopsy on a child who died
from cholera, and was refused to work with Nightingale

Question: Dorothy L. Dix

Ans✅ ✅: A pioneer for the mentally ill and later appointed Superintendent of
Women Nurses by the Union Army, she was instrumental in creating programs that
prepared thousands of women for nursing

Question: Mary Ann Bickerdyke

Ans✅ ✅: A college graduate and herbalist, she set up field hospitals and greatly
improved health and cleanliness despite opposition from camp surgeons

Question: Clara Barton

Ans✅ ✅: Started an independent campaign to provide relief provisions for soldiers,
set up field hospitals, gained the title "Angel of the Battlefield", and founded the
American Red Cross in 1881

Question: Superintendent Sally Thompkins

Ans✅ ✅: Established a private hospital and was the only woman in the Confederacy
to hold military rank

Question: Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926)

Ans✅ ✅: The first African-American professional nurse, she graduated from New
England Hospital in 1879 and worked for acceptance of African-Americans in the
nursing profession

Question: Henry Street Settlement

Ans✅ ✅: Founded by Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster in NY in 1892, it provided
social services, healthcare, and shelter to the poor

Question: Isabel Hampton Robb