Test Bank For Contemporary Nursing Issues, Trends, & Management 9th Edition by Barbara Cherry, Susan R. Jacob

,Chapter H 01: H The H Evolution H of H Professional H Nursing
Cherry H & H Jacob: H Contemporary H Nursing: H Issues, H Trends, H and
H Management, H 7thHEdition



MULTIPLE H CHOICE

1. Clara H Barton H is H known H for:
a. becoming H the H first H black H public H health H nurse.
b. establishing H the H Henry H Street H Settlement.
c. founding H the H American H Red H Cross.
d. publicizing H the H inadequacies H of H hospital-based H nursing H schools.

ANS: C
The H American H Red H Cross, H founded H by H Clara H Barton H in H 1882,
H assisted H in H efforts H toHcontinue Hpublic Hhealth H nursing.


DIF: Knowledge REF: p. H11

2. Students Hare Hassigned Hto Hwrite Hto Htheir Hstate Hleaders Habout Han Hissue Haffecting
Htheir Hcommunity. HOne Hstudent Hwrites Habout Hthe Hneed Hamong Hrural Hcommunity
Hfor H greaterHaccess Hto Hacute Hcare H services. H Which H of H the H following
H pieces H of H legislation H should Hthe H student H Huse Has H Ha H reference?
a. Social H Security H Act
b. Hill-Burton H Act
c. Sheppard-Towner H Act
d. U.S. H Civil H Service H Act

ANS: B
The H purpose H of H the H Hill-Burton H Act H was H to H provide H funding H to H construct
H hospitals H and H toHhelp Hstates Hin Hplan Hfor Hother Hhealth Hcare Hfacilities Hin
Haccordance Hwith Hthe H needs H of Hcommunities.


DIF: Knowledge REF: p. H13

3. The H practice H of H public H health H nursing H and H the H Henry H Street H Settlement H are
H credited H Hto:
a. Mary H Breckenridge.
b. Mary H Seacole.
c. Clara H Barton.
d. Lillian H Wald.

ANS: D
Lillian H Wald, H a H pioneer H in H public H health H nursing, H is H best H known H for
H the H developmentHand H establishment Hof Hthe HHenry HStreet H HSettlement.


DIF: Knowledge REF: p. H 6

4. Occupational Hhealth H nursing H features H Hbeliefs H similar H to H those H of H which
Hearly H nursingHpioneer?
a. Lillian H Wald
b. Florence H Nightingale
c. Clara H Barton
d. Mary H Seacole

ANS: A

, Lillian H Wald H developed H the H first H nursing H service H for H occupational H health.

DIF: Comprehension REF: p. H10

5. What H historical H event Hfirst H led H to H the H recognition H of H the H contribution H of
H blacks H to H nursing?
a. Florence H Nightingale’s H acceptance H of H black H nurses H into H the H first H nursing
H school
b. The H contributions H of H black H nurses H at H the H Pennsylvania
H Hospital, H the H firstHhospital H in H HAmerica
c. Mary H Seacole’s H efforts H to H care H for H soldiers H during H the H Crimean H War
d. The H work H done H by H wives H of H wealthy H black H nobles H who
H carried H food H andHmedicine Hfrom Hhouse H to Hhouse H during H Hthe
HMiddle HAges

ANS: C
Although H Nightingale’s H school H refused H Seacole, H she H was H able H to H make
H a H difference H inHthe H Crimean HWar Hand H later Hwas Hrecognized Hfor H Hher
Hefforts.


DIF: Comprehension REF: pp. H8-9

6. World H War H I H contributed H to H the H advancement H of H health H care H by:
a. increasing H the H number H of H private H care H hospitals H and H decreasing
H the H role H ofHpublic
H health H Hservices.
b. employing H a H large H
number H of H civilians H to H provide H care H to
H returning H soldiersHthrough H the H Red H HCross.
c. introducing H specialists H in H nursing H such H as H nurse H anesthetists.
d. increasing H the H number H of H community H health H nurses.

ANS: C
World HWar HI Hoffered Hnurses Ha Hchance Hto H enter H into H new H fields H of
H specialization, H as H is Hseen Hin Hthe Hexample Hof Hnurse Hanesthetists, Hwho H became
H part H of H surgical H teams H at H the Hfront Hlines.


DIF: H H H Comprehension REF: H H H H Hp. H 11

7. The H primary H purpose H of H the H Social H Security H Act Hof H 1935 H was H to:
a. increase H research H that H focused H on H minority H groups.
b. provide H medical H care H for H chemically H impaired H persons.
c. ensure H health H care H for H older H adults H through H a H national H insurance H system.
d. decrease H the H public’s H financial H burden H by H limiting H services
H offered H by H localHhealth H departments.
ANS: C
By H providing H health H insurance H for H older H adults, H the H Social H Security
H Act H of H 1935 H set Hthe Hprecedent Hfor Hthe Hpassage H of H the H Medicare H and
H Medicaid H Acts H that H followed H in H1965, H but H the H act Halso H provided H
Hmaternal Hand H child H welfare H services, Hrehabilitation HforHthe H mentally H and
H physically H challenged, H medical H care H for H blind H individuals H and Hcrippled
Hchildren, Hand H unemployment Hbenefits.


DIF: H H H Comprehension REF: H H H H Hp. H 12

8. A H client H asks H the H nurse, H “Can H you H explain H Medicare, H an
H amendment H to H the H SocialHSecurity H Act?” HThe Hnurse Hresponds Hthat

, H Medicare:
a. led H to H many H hospital H closings, H along H with H a H decrease
H in H acute H careHhospital–based Hnursing H care.