Nursing 3000 exam questions and
answers graded A+
A community health program developed to improve the care of the people in rural Appalachian
Kentucky was known as the:
A) Shattuck Report
B) Frontier Nursing Service
C) American Red Cross
D) Henry Street Settlement House - ANS✅✅B
Mary Breckenridge founded the Frontier Nursing Service in 1925 to serve the people in the
mountainous rural areas of Kentucky. Mary had a heart for children since her two children died at
very young ages. Infant mortality and maternal mortality both declined by 33% after the Frontier
Nursing Service began providing midwifery services in the rural areas of Kentucky it served.
The person noted for contributions to the establishment of district nursing is:
A) Mary Breckenridge
B) Lillian Wald
C) William Rathbone
D) Mary Nutting - ANS✅✅C
William Rathbone founded England's first district nursing association in Liverpool. Florence
Nightingale had given outstanding nursing care to his terminally ill wife, and he wanted others who
could not afford such care to be able to receive it. He worked with Florence Nightingale to provide
nursing services to defined districts in the city and financially supported the district nurses hired.
Thus, the first visiting nurses were sent out!
Neighborhood centers that provided health care and social welfare programs were called:
A) Public health services
B) Settlement homes
C) Nurse managed clinics
D) Nursing care centers - ANS✅✅B
,What is Bessie M. Hawes known for?
A) Hospital Nursing
B) Building a health center for nursing care and treatment
C) Organizing the access to vote
D) Running for political office - ANS✅✅B
The nurse most well known for her instrumental role in creation of nursing in community health in
the United States was which of the following?
A) Lillian Wald
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Mrs. Solomon Loeb
D) Frances Root - ANS✅✅A
Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement and later emerged as the established leader of
public health nursing during its early decades.
A major influence on public health in the 21st Century is which of the following?
A) Nursing organizations' proposal for health care reform
B) Terrorist attacks of 2001
C) Public recognition of the need for health promotion rather than illness care
D) Proposed Clinton Health Care bill - ANS✅✅B
The most tragic and dramatic event that has influenced public health was the terrorist attacks of 9-
11 followed by use of agents such as anthrax to harm and terrorize people.
In order to be effective, health intervention programs for minority needs must:
A) Facilitate community empowerment.
B) All of the above.
C) Deliver culturally competent care.
D) Acknowledge that diversity occurs within cultural groups. - ANS✅✅B
, Health intervention programs for minorities involve multifaceted problems and require a
multifaceted approach--community empowerment, culturally competent care and
acknowledgement of diversity among cultural groups are some of the keys in an effective approach.
There are important historical events that relate to the principles that underline community and
public health nursing today. Which is an example of a duty of a district nurse in Liverpool, England, in
1865?
A) Report facts to and ask questions of physicians
B) Assist physicians with surgery in the newly constructed hospitals
C) Use of epidemiologic knowledge and methods
D) Encourage community organization - ANS✅✅A
Duties of district nurses in Liverpool, England, in 1865 included the following: Investigate new
referrals as soon as possible, report to the superintendent situations in which additional food or
relief would improve recovery, report neglect of patients by family or friends to the superintendent,
assist physicians with surgery in the home, maintain a clean, uncluttered home environment and
tend fires for heat, teach the patient and family about cleanliness, ventilation, giving of food and
medications, and obedience to the physician's orders, set an example for "neatness, order, sobriety,
and obedience," hold family matters in confidence, avoid interference with the religious opinions
and beliefs of patients and others, report facts to and ask questions of physicians, and refer acutely
ill to hospitals and the chronically ill, poor without family to infirmaries.
There are important historical events that relate to the principles that underline community and
public health nursing today. What were the great public health achievements in the United States in
the 20th century?
1. Elimination of common infectious diseases
2. Recognition of tobacco as a health hazard
3. Fluoridation of drinking water
4. Healthier mothers and babies
A) 1, 2, 4
B) 2, 3, 4
C) 1, 3, 4
D) 1, 2, 3, 4 - ANS✅✅D
Great public health achievements in the United States in the 20th century include control of
common infectious diseases; recognition of tobacco as a health hazard; fluoridation of drinking
water; and healthier mothers and babies.
answers graded A+
A community health program developed to improve the care of the people in rural Appalachian
Kentucky was known as the:
A) Shattuck Report
B) Frontier Nursing Service
C) American Red Cross
D) Henry Street Settlement House - ANS✅✅B
Mary Breckenridge founded the Frontier Nursing Service in 1925 to serve the people in the
mountainous rural areas of Kentucky. Mary had a heart for children since her two children died at
very young ages. Infant mortality and maternal mortality both declined by 33% after the Frontier
Nursing Service began providing midwifery services in the rural areas of Kentucky it served.
The person noted for contributions to the establishment of district nursing is:
A) Mary Breckenridge
B) Lillian Wald
C) William Rathbone
D) Mary Nutting - ANS✅✅C
William Rathbone founded England's first district nursing association in Liverpool. Florence
Nightingale had given outstanding nursing care to his terminally ill wife, and he wanted others who
could not afford such care to be able to receive it. He worked with Florence Nightingale to provide
nursing services to defined districts in the city and financially supported the district nurses hired.
Thus, the first visiting nurses were sent out!
Neighborhood centers that provided health care and social welfare programs were called:
A) Public health services
B) Settlement homes
C) Nurse managed clinics
D) Nursing care centers - ANS✅✅B
,What is Bessie M. Hawes known for?
A) Hospital Nursing
B) Building a health center for nursing care and treatment
C) Organizing the access to vote
D) Running for political office - ANS✅✅B
The nurse most well known for her instrumental role in creation of nursing in community health in
the United States was which of the following?
A) Lillian Wald
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Mrs. Solomon Loeb
D) Frances Root - ANS✅✅A
Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement and later emerged as the established leader of
public health nursing during its early decades.
A major influence on public health in the 21st Century is which of the following?
A) Nursing organizations' proposal for health care reform
B) Terrorist attacks of 2001
C) Public recognition of the need for health promotion rather than illness care
D) Proposed Clinton Health Care bill - ANS✅✅B
The most tragic and dramatic event that has influenced public health was the terrorist attacks of 9-
11 followed by use of agents such as anthrax to harm and terrorize people.
In order to be effective, health intervention programs for minority needs must:
A) Facilitate community empowerment.
B) All of the above.
C) Deliver culturally competent care.
D) Acknowledge that diversity occurs within cultural groups. - ANS✅✅B
, Health intervention programs for minorities involve multifaceted problems and require a
multifaceted approach--community empowerment, culturally competent care and
acknowledgement of diversity among cultural groups are some of the keys in an effective approach.
There are important historical events that relate to the principles that underline community and
public health nursing today. Which is an example of a duty of a district nurse in Liverpool, England, in
1865?
A) Report facts to and ask questions of physicians
B) Assist physicians with surgery in the newly constructed hospitals
C) Use of epidemiologic knowledge and methods
D) Encourage community organization - ANS✅✅A
Duties of district nurses in Liverpool, England, in 1865 included the following: Investigate new
referrals as soon as possible, report to the superintendent situations in which additional food or
relief would improve recovery, report neglect of patients by family or friends to the superintendent,
assist physicians with surgery in the home, maintain a clean, uncluttered home environment and
tend fires for heat, teach the patient and family about cleanliness, ventilation, giving of food and
medications, and obedience to the physician's orders, set an example for "neatness, order, sobriety,
and obedience," hold family matters in confidence, avoid interference with the religious opinions
and beliefs of patients and others, report facts to and ask questions of physicians, and refer acutely
ill to hospitals and the chronically ill, poor without family to infirmaries.
There are important historical events that relate to the principles that underline community and
public health nursing today. What were the great public health achievements in the United States in
the 20th century?
1. Elimination of common infectious diseases
2. Recognition of tobacco as a health hazard
3. Fluoridation of drinking water
4. Healthier mothers and babies
A) 1, 2, 4
B) 2, 3, 4
C) 1, 3, 4
D) 1, 2, 3, 4 - ANS✅✅D
Great public health achievements in the United States in the 20th century include control of
common infectious diseases; recognition of tobacco as a health hazard; fluoridation of drinking
water; and healthier mothers and babies.
