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

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,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th 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.

ANS: C
The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to
continuepublic health nursing.


DIF: 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

ANS: B
The purpose of the Hill-Burton Act was to provide funding to construct hospitals and
to helpstates in plan for other health care facilities in accordance with the needs of
communities.
DIF: 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.



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