TEST BANK FOR CONTEMPORARY NURSING ISSUES TRENDS AND MANAGEMENT 8TH EDITION BY CHERRY

TEST BANK FOR CONTEMPORARY NURSING ISSUES TRENDS AND MANAGEMENT 8TH EDITION BY CHERRY Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing Cherry and Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best 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 was founded by Clara Barton in 1882, to be of assistance in efforts to provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals. Barton also sets up a postwar service to find missing soldiers. DIF: Knowledge 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 piece 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 NURSINGKING.COM 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 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. 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 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