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NURSE WISEMAN 2026/2027 MEDICINE
,NURS 340: The History of Public
Health and Public and Community
Health Nursing (Week 1-2/2) Nurse
Practitioners Review Exam (Latest
2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified
Questions & Answers | Grade A+
Early Public Health - ANSWER ✅ ✅•All people and
all cultures have been concerned with the events
surrounding birth, death, and illness.
•Ability to preserve health and treat illness has depended
on the civilization's knowledge of science, use and
availability of technologies, and degree of social
organization.
Colonial Period & the New Republic - ANSWER ✅
✅At first it was Family.Friend system of care
-mostly by females
1601-*Elizabethan Poor Law*
*1751*-*First hospital founded in America*
, -Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia
*1850*-*Shattuck Report*
Colonial Period & the New Republic-*Elizabethan Poor
Law* - ANSWER ✅ ✅1601 in England
-guaranteed medical care for the poor, blind, and "lame"
individuals
-poorly educated
-care via almshouses
Colonial Period & the New Republic-*Shattuck Report* -
ANSWER ✅ ✅*1850*-*Shattuck Report*
-First modern approach to public health organization (still
relevant)
-establishment of state health departments
-local health boards