Leadership Final test bank
1. Which item below correctly describes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions by
2020?
a. Positions that historically required registered nurses will be filled by unlicensed personnel.
b. The job growth rate for RNs will surpass job growth in all other occupations.
c. The need for hospital nurses will dramatically decrease.
d. Hospitals will finally achieve the required RN workforce.
ANS: B
In 2020 the United States is projected to have only 64% of the registered nursing workforce
required to meet the demand for RNs.
Unlicensed personnel will not be filling positions for nurses because this group does not have
the education needed to provide such care.
The need for hospital nurses will dramatically increase, not decrease.
Hospitals will not have enough nurses as stated per statistics.
DIF: Knowledge REF: Page 28
2. What effect did the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest have on health care?
a. Fundin - ANS -Cherry: Contemporary Nursing, 5th Edition
Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Clara Barton is known for:
a. becoming the first African-American 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.
Jessie Sleet Scales was the first African-American public health nurse.
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
, The Goldmark Report criticized the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools and
recommended enhanced educational standards.
DIF: Knowledge REF: Page 13
2. Which bill provided for construction of hospitals?
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 assist
states in planning for other health care facilities in accordance with the needs of communities.
The main purposes of the 1935 Social Security Act were to provide (1) a national insurance
system for older adults; (2) monies to states for maternal and child welfare services; (3)
vocational rehabilitation services for the physically and mentally challenged; (4) medical care for
crippled children and blind people; (5) a plan to boost public health services; and (6) a
federal/state unemployment system.
The Sheppard-Towner Act provided federal aid for maternal and child health care.
The U.S. Civil Service Act is landmark U.S. legislation establishing the tradition and mechanism
of permanent federal employment based on merit rather than on politica
\Cherry: Contemporary Nursing, 5th Edition
Chapter 06: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Institutional review boards determine whether research studies involving human subjects will:
a. be published.
b. add to the body of nursing knowledge.
c. cause harm.
d. receive funding.
ANS: C
The institutional review board (also called the human subjects committee) examines research
proposals to ensure that the ethical rights of those individuals participating in the research study
are protected. This board makes sure that persons who participate in research are assured that
their right to privacy, confidentiality, fair treatment, and freedom from harm is protected.
Research publication is not controlled by institutional review boards.
1. Which item below correctly describes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions by
2020?
a. Positions that historically required registered nurses will be filled by unlicensed personnel.
b. The job growth rate for RNs will surpass job growth in all other occupations.
c. The need for hospital nurses will dramatically decrease.
d. Hospitals will finally achieve the required RN workforce.
ANS: B
In 2020 the United States is projected to have only 64% of the registered nursing workforce
required to meet the demand for RNs.
Unlicensed personnel will not be filling positions for nurses because this group does not have
the education needed to provide such care.
The need for hospital nurses will dramatically increase, not decrease.
Hospitals will not have enough nurses as stated per statistics.
DIF: Knowledge REF: Page 28
2. What effect did the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest have on health care?
a. Fundin - ANS -Cherry: Contemporary Nursing, 5th Edition
Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Clara Barton is known for:
a. becoming the first African-American 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.
Jessie Sleet Scales was the first African-American public health nurse.
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
, The Goldmark Report criticized the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools and
recommended enhanced educational standards.
DIF: Knowledge REF: Page 13
2. Which bill provided for construction of hospitals?
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 assist
states in planning for other health care facilities in accordance with the needs of communities.
The main purposes of the 1935 Social Security Act were to provide (1) a national insurance
system for older adults; (2) monies to states for maternal and child welfare services; (3)
vocational rehabilitation services for the physically and mentally challenged; (4) medical care for
crippled children and blind people; (5) a plan to boost public health services; and (6) a
federal/state unemployment system.
The Sheppard-Towner Act provided federal aid for maternal and child health care.
The U.S. Civil Service Act is landmark U.S. legislation establishing the tradition and mechanism
of permanent federal employment based on merit rather than on politica
\Cherry: Contemporary Nursing, 5th Edition
Chapter 06: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Institutional review boards determine whether research studies involving human subjects will:
a. be published.
b. add to the body of nursing knowledge.
c. cause harm.
d. receive funding.
ANS: C
The institutional review board (also called the human subjects committee) examines research
proposals to ensure that the ethical rights of those individuals participating in the research study
are protected. This board makes sure that persons who participate in research are assured that
their right to privacy, confidentiality, fair treatment, and freedom from harm is protected.
Research publication is not controlled by institutional review boards.
