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Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management
BARBARA CHERRY, SUSAN R. JACOB
9th Edition
,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Clara Barton is known for:
a. becoming the first black 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.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 11
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 services. Which of the
following pieces of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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 help states in plan for other health care facilities in
accordance with the needs of communities.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 13
3. The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are
credited to:
a. Mary Breckenridge.
b. Mary Seacole.
c. Clara Barton.
d. Lillian Wald.
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, ANS: D
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known
for the development and establishment of the Henry Street
Settlement.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 6
4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which
early nursing pioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Clara Barton
d. Mary Seacole
ANS: A
Lillian Wald developed the first nursing service for
occupational health. DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 10
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
b. The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania
Hospital, the first hospital in America
c. Mary Seacole’s efforts to care for soldiers during the Crimean War
d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried
food and medicine from house to house during the Middle
Ages
ANS: C
Although Nightingale’s school refused Seacole, she was able
to make a difference in the Crimean War and later was
recognized for her efforts.
DIF: Comprehension REF: pp. 8-9
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
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, through the Red Cross.
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 into new fields of
specialization, as is seen in the example of nurse anesthetists, who
became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 11
7. The primary purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935 was to:
a. increase research that focused on minority groups.
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 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 physically
challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and
unemployment benefits.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 12
8. A client asks the nurse, “Can you explain Medicare, an amendment
to the Social Security Act?” The nurse responds that Medicare:
a. led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in
acute care hospital–based nursing care.
b. provided medical insurance to those younger adults or
children who were not eligible for private insurance because
of catastrophic illnesses such as cancer.
c. provided preventive care for women, infants, and children.
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Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management
BARBARA CHERRY, SUSAN R. JACOB
9th Edition
,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Clara Barton is known for:
a. becoming the first black 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.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 11
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 services. Which of the
following pieces of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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 help states in plan for other health care facilities in
accordance with the needs of communities.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 13
3. The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are
credited to:
a. Mary Breckenridge.
b. Mary Seacole.
c. Clara Barton.
d. Lillian Wald.
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, ANS: D
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known
for the development and establishment of the Henry Street
Settlement.
DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 6
4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which
early nursing pioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Clara Barton
d. Mary Seacole
ANS: A
Lillian Wald developed the first nursing service for
occupational health. DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 10
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
b. The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania
Hospital, the first hospital in America
c. Mary Seacole’s efforts to care for soldiers during the Crimean War
d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried
food and medicine from house to house during the Middle
Ages
ANS: C
Although Nightingale’s school refused Seacole, she was able
to make a difference in the Crimean War and later was
recognized for her efforts.
DIF: Comprehension REF: pp. 8-9
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
3|Page
, through the Red Cross.
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 into new fields of
specialization, as is seen in the example of nurse anesthetists, who
became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 11
7. The primary purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935 was to:
a. increase research that focused on minority groups.
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 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 physically
challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and
unemployment benefits.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 12
8. A client asks the nurse, “Can you explain Medicare, an amendment
to the Social Security Act?” The nurse responds that Medicare:
a. led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in
acute care hospital–based nursing care.
b. provided medical insurance to those younger adults or
children who were not eligible for private insurance because
of catastrophic illnesses such as cancer.
c. provided preventive care for women, infants, and children.
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