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This test bank accompanies the 7th edition of Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management by Barbara Cherry and Susan R. Jacob. It includes multiple-choice questions, multiple-response questions, and completion exercises covering all chapters of the textbook. Designed to aid students and e...

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, TABLE OF CONTENT

Chapter 1. The Evolution of Professional NURSING
Chapter 2. The Contemporary Image of Professional NURSING
Chapter 3. The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on NURSING Education
Chapter 4. NURSING Licensure and Certification
Chapter 5. Theories of NURSING Practice
Chapter 6. NURSING Research and Evidence-Based Practice


Chapter 7. Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges
Chapter 8. Legal Issues in NURSING and Health Care
Chapter 9. Ethical and Bioethical Issues in NURSING and Health Care
Chapter 10. Cultural Competency and Social Issues in NURSING and Health Care
Chapter 11. Complementary and Alternative Healing
Chapter 12. Palliative Care
Chapter 13. Workforce Advocacy and the NURSING Shortage
Chapter 14. Collective Bargaining and Unions in Today's Workplace
Chapter 15. Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
Chapter 16. Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today's World


Chapter 17. NURSING Leadership and Management
Chapter 18. Budgeting Basics for nurses
Chapter 19. Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 20. Effective Delegation and Supervision
Chapter 21. Staffing and NURSING Care Delivery Models
Chapter 22. Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Chapter 23. Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved!


Chapter 24. Clinical Judgment-NEW


Chapter 25. Making the Transition from Student to Professional nurse
Chapter 26. Managing Time: The Path to High Self-Performance
Chapter 27. Contemporary NURSING Roles and Career Opportunities
Chapter 28. Job Search: Finding Your Match


Chapter 29. NCLEX-RN ® Examination

,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional NURSING
Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary NURSING: Issues, Trends, and Management, 7th
Edition


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Clara Barton is 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.
CORRECT ANSWER: C
The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to continue
public health NURSING.

DIFFERENCE: Knowledge REF: p. 11

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 of the following pieces 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
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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.

DIFFERENCE: Knowledge REF: p. 13

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.
CORRECT ANSWER: D
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health NURSING, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.

DIFFERENCE: Knowledge REF: p. 6

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

CORRECT ANSWER: A

, Lillian Wald developed the first NURSING service for occupational health.

DIFFERENCE: Comprehension REF: p. 10

5. What historical event first led to the recognition of the contribution of blacks to NURSING?
a. Florence Nightingale’s acceptance of black NURSEs into the first NURSING school
b. The contributions of black NURSEs at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital
in America
c. Mary Seacole’s efforts to care for soldiers during the Crimean War
d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine
from house to house during the Middle Ages
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Although Nightingale’s school refused Seacole, she was able to make a difference in the
Crimean War and later was recognized for her efforts.

DIFFERENCE: Comprehension REF: pp. 8-9

6. World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by:
a. increasing the number of private care hospitals and decreasing the role of public
health services.
b. employing a large number of civilians to provide care to returning soldiers through
the Red Cross.
c. introducing specialists in NURSING such as NURSE anesthetists.
d. increasing the number of community health NURSEs.
CORRECT ANSWER: C
World War I offered NURSEs a chance to enter into new fields of specialization, as is seen in
the example of NURSE anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.

DIFFERENCE: Comprehension REF: p. 11

7. The primary purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935 was to:
a. increase research that focused on minority groups.
b. provide medical care for chemically impaired persons.
c. ensure health care for older adults through a national insurance system.
d. decrease the public’s financial burden by limiting services offered by local health
departments.
CORRECT ANSWER: C
By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the
precedent for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the
act also provided maternal and child welfare services, rehabilitation for the mentally and
physically challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and
unemployment benefits.

DIFFERENCE: Comprehension REF: p. 12

8. A client asks the NURSE, “Can you explain Medicare, an amendment to the Social
Security Act?” The NURSE responds that Medicare:
a. led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care hospital–based
NURSING care.

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