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Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8TH Edition 2022/2023
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Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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1. What Accomplishment is Clara Barton known for:
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a. becoming the first black public health nurse. YFT L YFT L YFT L Y FT L L
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The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to continue
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public health nursing.
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2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their
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community. One student writes about the need among rural community for greater access
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to acute care services. Which of the following pieces of legislation should the student
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use as a REFFER erence?
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The purpose of the Hill-Burton Act was to provide funding to construct hospitals and to help
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states in plan for other 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. L
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d. Lillian Wald. YFT L




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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 pioneer? YF TL YFT L YFTL L
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a. Lillian Wald L
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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 YFT L YFT L YFTL YFT L YFT L YF T L YFT L L
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b. The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
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d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and
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difference in theCrimean 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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b. employing a large number of civiliselected Answer to provide care to returning L
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soldiers throughthe Red Cross.
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c. introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists. L
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World War I offered nurses a chance to enter into new fields of specialization, as is seen in
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the example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
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7. The primary purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935 was to:
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By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the
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precedent for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the
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act also provided maternal and child welfare services, rehabilitation for the mentally and
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physically challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and
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unemployment benefits.
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8. A client asks the nurse, —Can you explain Medicare, an amendment to the Social Security
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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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b. provided medical insurance to those younger adults or children who were YFT L YFT L YFT L L
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not eligible for private insurance because of catastrophic illnesses such as
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disease or permanent disabilities had health care insurance.
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The Medicare program provides hospital insurance, Part A, and medical insurance, Part B,
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to all people ages 65 and older who are eligible to receive Social Security benefits;
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people with total, permanent disabilities; and people with end-stage renal disease.
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9. A comparison of nursing in the 1980s to nursing in the 1990s reveals that:
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a. in the 1990s nursing experienced a significant reduction occurred in preventable
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diseases caused by unsafe/unhealthy lifestyles.
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epidemic emerged and was its focus during the 1990s.
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public health nurses in the 1990s.
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d. the demand for advanced practice nurses increased in the 1980s and the 1990s as
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a result of the economy and concern about the health of the nation.
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The numbers of advanced nurse practitioners increased as evidence of their cost-effectiveness
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as providers of primary and preventive health care became established.
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10. Which statement accurately describes the historical perspective of nursing practice?
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aggregates by providing care that is determined by the needs and beliefs of
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society in different historical contexts.
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profession based on scientific fact rather than superstition.
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health care by providing the first hospital and medical school.
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Nursing has existed since biblical times to address needs ranging from contagious diseases in
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early times to health prevention in the present time, with care based on health needs and
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beliefs of the time.
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11. The use of herbs has become a popular alternative to prescription drugs in today‘s health
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care milieu. During which other historical periods did health practices focus on the use of
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herbs?
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