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, Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 7th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE V

1. Clara Barton is known for:
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a. becoming the first black public health nurse.V V V V V V

b. establishing the Henry Street Settlement. V V V V

c. founding the American Red Cross. V V V V

d. publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools.
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ANS: C V

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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DIF: Knowledge REF: V V p. 11 V

2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their community.
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One student writes about the need among rural community for greater access to acute care
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services. Which of the following pieces of legislation should the student use as a reference?
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a. Social Security Act V V

b. Hill-Burton Act V

c. Sheppard-Towner Act V

d. U.S. Civil Service Act V V V

ANS: B V

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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DIF: Knowledge REF: V V p. 13 V

3. The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to:
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a. Mary Breckenridge. V

b. Mary Seacole. V

c. Clara Barton. V

d. Lillian Wald. V

ANS: D V

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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DIF: Knowledge REF: V V p. 6 V

4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?
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a. Lillian Wald V

b. Florence Nightingale V

c. Clara Barton V

d. Mary Seacole V

ANS: A V

, Lillian Wald developed the first nursing service for occupational health.
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DIF: Comprehension REF: V V p. 10 V

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
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b. The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
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America V

c. Mary Seacole‘s efforts to care for soldiers during the Crimean War
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d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine
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from house to house during the Middle Ages
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ANS: C V

Although Nightingale‘s school refused Seacole, she was able to make a difference in the
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Crimean War and later was recognized for her efforts.
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DIF: Comprehension REF: pp. 8-9 V V V

6. World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by:
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a. increasing the number of private care hospitals and decreasing the role of public
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health services.
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b. employing a large number of civilians to provide care to returning soldiers through
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the Red Cross.
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c. introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists. V V V V V V V

d. increasing the number of community health nurses. V V V V V V

ANS: C V

World War I offered nurses a chance to enter into new fields of specialization, as is seen in the
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example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
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DIF: Comprehension REF: V V p. 11 V

7. The primary purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935 was to:
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a. increase research that focused on minority groups. V V V V V V

b. provide medical care for chemically impaired persons.
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c. ensure health care for older adults through a national insurance system.
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d. decrease the public‘s financial burden by limiting services offered by local health
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departments.
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ANS: C V

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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DIF: Comprehension REF: V V p. 12 V

8. A client asks the nurse, ―Can you explain Medicare, an amendment to the Social Security
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VAct?‖ The nurse responds that Medicare:
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a. led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care hospital–based
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nursing care.
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