Test Bank For Contemporary Nursing Issues, Trends, & Management 9th Edition by Barbara Cherry, Susan
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TEST BANK FOR CONTEMPORARY NURSING
ISSUES, TRENDS, & MANAGEMENT 9TH
EDITION BY BARBARA CHERRY, SUSAN R.
JACOB CHAPTER 1-28 UPDATED VERSION
9th Edition
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Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing Cherry: Contemporary Nursing:
Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th Edition 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
MULTIPLE CHOICE ANS: A
Lillian Wald was a pioneer in public health nursing, and is best known for the development
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for? and establishment of the first viable practice for public health nurses.
a. Becoming the first black public health nurse
b. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement DIF: Comprehension
c. Founding the American Red Cross
d. Publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools 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
ANS: C
b. The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton in 1882, to be of assistance in America
efforts to provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals. Barton also sets up a postwar
c. Mary Williams and Frances Rose are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore
service to find missing soldiers.
Directory
DIF: Knowledge d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine from
house to house during the Middle Ages
2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their ANS: C
community. One student writes about the need among rural community for greater access 1840—Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters
to acute care services. Which piece of legislation should the student use as a reference? a. of the Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
Social Security Act
b. Hill-Burton Act DIF: Comprehension
c. Sheppard-Towner Act
d. U.S. Civil Service Act 6. World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by
ANS: B a. increasing the number of private care hospitals and decreasing the role of public health
The purpose of the Hill-Burton Act was to provide funding to construct hospitals and to services.
help states in plan for other health care facilities in accordance with the needs of b. employing a large number of civilians to provide care to returning soldiers through the
communities. Red Cross.
c. introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists.
DIF: Knowledge d. increasing the number of community health nurses.
ANS: C
3. The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to a. World War I offered nurses a chance to enter new fields of specialization, as is seen in the
Mary Breckenridge. example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
b. Mary Seacole.
c. Clara Barton. DIF: Comprehension
d. Lillian Wald.
7. What was an original purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?
ANS: D
a. Increase research that focused on minority groups
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement. b. Provide medical care for chemically impaired persons
c. Ensure health care for older adults through a national insurance system
DIF: Knowledge d. Decrease the public‘s financial burden by limiting services offered by local health
departments
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ANS: C
By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the b. As men began to become interested in nursing, it changed into a respected profession
precedent for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the based on scientific fact rather than superstition.
act also provided maternal and child welfare services, rehabilitation for the mentally and c. Nursing has historically accepted individuals from all social and ethnic backgrounds.
physically challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and d. The United States has led the way throughout history to advance nursing and health care
unemployment benefits. by providing the first hospital and medical school.
ANS: A
DIF: Comprehension Nursing has existed since biblical times to address needs ranging from contagious diseases
8. A client asks the nurse, “Can you explain the amendment to the Social Security Act called in early times to health prevention in the present time, with care based on health needs and
Title XVIII to me?” The nurse demonstrates an understanding of this legislation when beliefs of the time.
providing what response?
a. It led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care hospital–based DIF: Comprehension
nursing care.
b. It provided medical insurance to those younger adults or children who were not eligible 11. The use of herbs, which has become a popular alternative to prescription drugs in today‘s
for private insurance because of catastrophic illnesses such as cancer. health care milieu, had roots originating when? a. Prehistoric times and the Middle Ages
c. It provided preventive care for women, infants, and children. b. Civil War period and World War I
d. It ensured that individuals with end-stage renal disease had health care insurance. c. Renaissance and Reformation periods and the Colonial American period
ANS: D d. Crimean War and Civil War periods
The Medicare program provides hospital insurance, Part A, and medical insurance, Part B, ANS: A
to all people aged 65 and older who are eligible to receive Social Security benefits; people During prehistoric times, tribes used herbs to rid themselves of disease; in the Middle Ages,
with total, permanent disabilities; and people with end-stage renal disease. women used herbs. This practice has continued to today.
DIF: Comprehension DIF: Comprehension
9. A comparison of nursing in the 1980s to nursing in the 1990s reveals what factor that 12. A care provider sacrifices an animal and waves an herb-filled sack over a client who is
contributes to health care as we know it today? complaining of painful joints and chest pain with exertion. This ritual represents health
a. In the 1990s nursing experienced a significant reduction occurred in preventable care during what time period?
diseases caused by unsafe/unhealthy lifestyles. a. The prehistoric period
b. Tuberculosis was the primary concern for nursing in the 1980s, whereas the AIDS b. Early civilization in Egypt
epidemic emerged and was its focus during the 1990s. c. The European Renaissance
c. A decrease in ambulatory services in the 1980s prompted an increase in public health d. The Middle Ages in Asia and Africa
nurses in the 1990s.
ANS: A
d. The demand for advanced practice nurses increased in the 1980s and the 1990s because
During prehistoric times, illness was thought to be caused by evil spirits that providers
of the economy and concern about the health of the nation.
attempted to scare away through rituals and dances.
DIF: Comprehension
ANS: D
The numbers of advanced nurse practitioners increased as evidence of their cost-
effectiveness as providers of primary and preventive health care became established.
DIF: Comprehension
13. A prospective nursing student who researches universities that offer a baccalaureate degree
in nursing would want to ensure that the program is accredited by what agency? a.
American Nurses Association
10. Which statement accurately describes the historical perspective of nursing practice?
b. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
a. Nursing has existed to meet the needs of populations, individuals, and aggregates by
c. National Institutes of Health
providing care that is determined by the needs and beliefs of society in different
historical contexts. d. National Nursing Council
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ANS: B
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is the agency that exclusively It is anticipated that the ACA (2011) will make insurance coverage possible for millions
accredits baccalaureate and graduate-degree nursing programs. who have previously not had insurance or had been denied insurance.
DIF: Comprehension DIF: Comprehension
14. Nursing in the 1990s was characterized by what health care focus? 17. It has been said that “history repeats itself because no one was listening the first time.”
a. Men leaving nursing to enter the armed services Which statement is true when comparing the nursing care provided in the Civil War (1861
b. Traditional 8-hour shifts to nurse burnout and compassion fatigue to 1865) to that provided during the Crimean War?
c. Identifying health promotion associated with preventable diseases a. Epidemics such as smallpox and typhoid were the primary emphasis of nursing care in
d. Managing runaway health care costs both wars.
ANS: C b. Soldiers were housed in substandard conditions, but due to Nightingale‘s push for
Health promotion and disease prevention were recognized as the means to reduce the high sanitary conditions, in the Civil War soldiers were housed in aseptic conditions.
number of mortalities associated with preventable diseases—Healthy People 2000 was c. Black nurses were widely accepted by society and the profession, receiving equal
published as a nationwide effort to reduce preventable deaths. compensation during the Civil War due in large part to the efforts of Mary Seacole
during the Crimean War.
DIF: Comprehension d. Both Nightingale (Crimean War) and Dix (Civil War) completed nursing training
before accepting positions as nurses in the wars.
15. A nurse is part of the policy committee for a hospital. The committee is provided with ANS: A
statistics indicating that patients participating in a satisfaction survey felt they lacked Numerous epidemics plagued the country, including syphilis, gonorrhea, malaria, smallpox,
sufficient information about new drugs started while hospitalized and continued after and typhoid.
discharge. In addition, charts noted high recidivism rates. The committee recommended
that a formalized patient education plan be instituted to reconcile all medications and DIF: Application
provide patient information about new medications. The committee is using which
component of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2011 message?
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
a. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education to be effective members of an
interdisciplinary team.
1. What uniquely 21st century issue challenges today‘s professional nurse? (Select all that
b. Nurses should have a minimum of a master‘s degree to sit on policy committees that
apply.)
affect an entire facility.
a. Caring for an aging population
c. Pay for nurses should be consistent with that of physicians since the committee is
b. Increased patient acuity
interdisciplinary.
c. Access to health care services
d. Policy is based on data, which provides the groundwork for decision making.
d. Expanding technology
ANS: D e. Increasing intercultural patient population
The IOM report initiatives include effective workforce planning and policymaking based on
ANS: A, B, D, E
better data collection and improved infrastructure.
Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges including an aging
DIF: Application patient population. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges
including an increase in high acuity patients. Professional nurses in the 21st century are
16. What was the stated goal of the Affordable Care Act of 2011? faced with many challenges including an ever-expanding array of technologies that affect
a. Requiring that by 2020 all newly licensed nurses have a bachelor‘s degree at minimum patient care. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges
including the existence of an intercultural patient population.
b. Provide health care benefits to millions who were previously uninsurable or unable to
afford insurance
DIF: Comprehension
c. Cap the amount that hospitals and physicians can charge for procedures
d. Subsidizes private insurance companies, thereby reducing health care costs for the
chronically ill 2. A newly licensed nurse compares the challenges facing nursing today with those faced by
nurses when her mentor graduated in 1990. The mentor states, “Prevention was the focus of
ANS: B
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TEST BANK FOR CONTEMPORARY NURSING
ISSUES, TRENDS, & MANAGEMENT 9TH
EDITION BY BARBARA CHERRY, SUSAN R.
JACOB CHAPTER 1-28 UPDATED VERSION
9th Edition
PlusBay.Plus
, Test Bank - Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th edition (Cherry, 2023)
Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing Cherry: Contemporary Nursing:
Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th Edition 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
MULTIPLE CHOICE ANS: A
Lillian Wald was a pioneer in public health nursing, and is best known for the development
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best known for? and establishment of the first viable practice for public health nurses.
a. Becoming the first black public health nurse
b. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement DIF: Comprehension
c. Founding the American Red Cross
d. Publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools 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
ANS: C
b. The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton in 1882, to be of assistance in America
efforts to provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals. Barton also sets up a postwar
c. Mary Williams and Frances Rose are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore
service to find missing soldiers.
Directory
DIF: Knowledge d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine from
house to house during the Middle Ages
2. Students are assigned to write to their state leaders about an issue affecting their ANS: C
community. One student writes about the need among rural community for greater access 1840—Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters
to acute care services. Which piece of legislation should the student use as a reference? a. of the Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
Social Security Act
b. Hill-Burton Act DIF: Comprehension
c. Sheppard-Towner Act
d. U.S. Civil Service Act 6. World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by
ANS: B a. increasing the number of private care hospitals and decreasing the role of public health
The purpose of the Hill-Burton Act was to provide funding to construct hospitals and to services.
help states in plan for other health care facilities in accordance with the needs of b. employing a large number of civilians to provide care to returning soldiers through the
communities. Red Cross.
c. introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists.
DIF: Knowledge d. increasing the number of community health nurses.
ANS: C
3. The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to a. World War I offered nurses a chance to enter new fields of specialization, as is seen in the
Mary Breckenridge. example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
b. Mary Seacole.
c. Clara Barton. DIF: Comprehension
d. Lillian Wald.
7. What was an original purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?
ANS: D
a. Increase research that focused on minority groups
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement. b. Provide medical care for chemically impaired persons
c. Ensure health care for older adults through a national insurance system
DIF: Knowledge d. Decrease the public‘s financial burden by limiting services offered by local health
departments
1|Page 2|Page
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ANS: C
By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the b. As men began to become interested in nursing, it changed into a respected profession
precedent for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the based on scientific fact rather than superstition.
act also provided maternal and child welfare services, rehabilitation for the mentally and c. Nursing has historically accepted individuals from all social and ethnic backgrounds.
physically challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and d. The United States has led the way throughout history to advance nursing and health care
unemployment benefits. by providing the first hospital and medical school.
ANS: A
DIF: Comprehension Nursing has existed since biblical times to address needs ranging from contagious diseases
8. A client asks the nurse, “Can you explain the amendment to the Social Security Act called in early times to health prevention in the present time, with care based on health needs and
Title XVIII to me?” The nurse demonstrates an understanding of this legislation when beliefs of the time.
providing what response?
a. It led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care hospital–based DIF: Comprehension
nursing care.
b. It provided medical insurance to those younger adults or children who were not eligible 11. The use of herbs, which has become a popular alternative to prescription drugs in today‘s
for private insurance because of catastrophic illnesses such as cancer. health care milieu, had roots originating when? a. Prehistoric times and the Middle Ages
c. It provided preventive care for women, infants, and children. b. Civil War period and World War I
d. It ensured that individuals with end-stage renal disease had health care insurance. c. Renaissance and Reformation periods and the Colonial American period
ANS: D d. Crimean War and Civil War periods
The Medicare program provides hospital insurance, Part A, and medical insurance, Part B, ANS: A
to all people aged 65 and older who are eligible to receive Social Security benefits; people During prehistoric times, tribes used herbs to rid themselves of disease; in the Middle Ages,
with total, permanent disabilities; and people with end-stage renal disease. women used herbs. This practice has continued to today.
DIF: Comprehension DIF: Comprehension
9. A comparison of nursing in the 1980s to nursing in the 1990s reveals what factor that 12. A care provider sacrifices an animal and waves an herb-filled sack over a client who is
contributes to health care as we know it today? complaining of painful joints and chest pain with exertion. This ritual represents health
a. In the 1990s nursing experienced a significant reduction occurred in preventable care during what time period?
diseases caused by unsafe/unhealthy lifestyles. a. The prehistoric period
b. Tuberculosis was the primary concern for nursing in the 1980s, whereas the AIDS b. Early civilization in Egypt
epidemic emerged and was its focus during the 1990s. c. The European Renaissance
c. A decrease in ambulatory services in the 1980s prompted an increase in public health d. The Middle Ages in Asia and Africa
nurses in the 1990s.
ANS: A
d. The demand for advanced practice nurses increased in the 1980s and the 1990s because
During prehistoric times, illness was thought to be caused by evil spirits that providers
of the economy and concern about the health of the nation.
attempted to scare away through rituals and dances.
DIF: Comprehension
ANS: D
The numbers of advanced nurse practitioners increased as evidence of their cost-
effectiveness as providers of primary and preventive health care became established.
DIF: Comprehension
13. A prospective nursing student who researches universities that offer a baccalaureate degree
in nursing would want to ensure that the program is accredited by what agency? a.
American Nurses Association
10. Which statement accurately describes the historical perspective of nursing practice?
b. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
a. Nursing has existed to meet the needs of populations, individuals, and aggregates by
c. National Institutes of Health
providing care that is determined by the needs and beliefs of society in different
historical contexts. d. National Nursing Council
3|Page 4|Page
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ANS: B
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is the agency that exclusively It is anticipated that the ACA (2011) will make insurance coverage possible for millions
accredits baccalaureate and graduate-degree nursing programs. who have previously not had insurance or had been denied insurance.
DIF: Comprehension DIF: Comprehension
14. Nursing in the 1990s was characterized by what health care focus? 17. It has been said that “history repeats itself because no one was listening the first time.”
a. Men leaving nursing to enter the armed services Which statement is true when comparing the nursing care provided in the Civil War (1861
b. Traditional 8-hour shifts to nurse burnout and compassion fatigue to 1865) to that provided during the Crimean War?
c. Identifying health promotion associated with preventable diseases a. Epidemics such as smallpox and typhoid were the primary emphasis of nursing care in
d. Managing runaway health care costs both wars.
ANS: C b. Soldiers were housed in substandard conditions, but due to Nightingale‘s push for
Health promotion and disease prevention were recognized as the means to reduce the high sanitary conditions, in the Civil War soldiers were housed in aseptic conditions.
number of mortalities associated with preventable diseases—Healthy People 2000 was c. Black nurses were widely accepted by society and the profession, receiving equal
published as a nationwide effort to reduce preventable deaths. compensation during the Civil War due in large part to the efforts of Mary Seacole
during the Crimean War.
DIF: Comprehension d. Both Nightingale (Crimean War) and Dix (Civil War) completed nursing training
before accepting positions as nurses in the wars.
15. A nurse is part of the policy committee for a hospital. The committee is provided with ANS: A
statistics indicating that patients participating in a satisfaction survey felt they lacked Numerous epidemics plagued the country, including syphilis, gonorrhea, malaria, smallpox,
sufficient information about new drugs started while hospitalized and continued after and typhoid.
discharge. In addition, charts noted high recidivism rates. The committee recommended
that a formalized patient education plan be instituted to reconcile all medications and DIF: Application
provide patient information about new medications. The committee is using which
component of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2011 message?
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
a. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education to be effective members of an
interdisciplinary team.
1. What uniquely 21st century issue challenges today‘s professional nurse? (Select all that
b. Nurses should have a minimum of a master‘s degree to sit on policy committees that
apply.)
affect an entire facility.
a. Caring for an aging population
c. Pay for nurses should be consistent with that of physicians since the committee is
b. Increased patient acuity
interdisciplinary.
c. Access to health care services
d. Policy is based on data, which provides the groundwork for decision making.
d. Expanding technology
ANS: D e. Increasing intercultural patient population
The IOM report initiatives include effective workforce planning and policymaking based on
ANS: A, B, D, E
better data collection and improved infrastructure.
Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges including an aging
DIF: Application patient population. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges
including an increase in high acuity patients. Professional nurses in the 21st century are
16. What was the stated goal of the Affordable Care Act of 2011? faced with many challenges including an ever-expanding array of technologies that affect
a. Requiring that by 2020 all newly licensed nurses have a bachelor‘s degree at minimum patient care. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges
including the existence of an intercultural patient population.
b. Provide health care benefits to millions who were previously uninsurable or unable to
afford insurance
DIF: Comprehension
c. Cap the amount that hospitals and physicians can charge for procedures
d. Subsidizes private insurance companies, thereby reducing health care costs for the
chronically ill 2. A newly licensed nurse compares the challenges facing nursing today with those faced by
nurses when her mentor graduated in 1990. The mentor states, “Prevention was the focus of
ANS: B
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