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,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8th E
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1. Clara Barton is known for:
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a. becoming the first black public health nurse.
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b. establishing the Henry Street Settlement. @1 @1 @1 @1


c. founding the American Red Cross. @1 @1 @1 @1


d. publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools.
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The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to conti
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nue public health nursing.
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2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their com
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munity. One student writes about the need among rural community for greater access
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1to acute care services. Which of the following pieces of legislation should the studen
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t use as a reference?
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a. Social Security Act @1 @1


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ANS: @ 1 B
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 ot
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her health 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. @1


b. Mary Seacole. @1


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d. Lillian Wald. @1




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Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
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establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
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4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pionee
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r?
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, 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 hosp
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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 m
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edicine from house to house during the Middle Ages
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ANS: @ 1 C
Although Nightingale‘s school refused Seacole, she was able to make a difference in t
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he Crimean 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
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public health services.
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b. employing a large number of civilians to provide care to returning soldiers th
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c. introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists.
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d. increasing the number of community health nurses.
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World War I offered nurses a chance to enter into new fields of specialization, as is se
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en in the example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front
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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.
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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
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health departments. @1




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By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set th
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e precedent for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965,
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but the act also provided maternal and child welfare services, rehabilitation for the m
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entally and physically challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled child
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ren, and unemployment benefits.
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8. A client asks the nurse, ―Can you explain Medicare, an amendment to the Social
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Security 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. @1 @1
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