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TEST BANK Advanced Practice Nursing Essential
Knowledge for the Profession 5th Edition with
Questions and Answers and Explanations
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Role of Advanced Practices Nursing
DeNisco: Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession 5th Edition
Multiple Choice
1. In 1893, Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement (HSS) House for which purpose?
a. Access to health care of rural areas
b. Create inner-city nursing awareness
c. Provide the disadvantaged access to care
d. Establish guidelines for advanced nursing roles
ANSWER>>C
The HHS was established to provide nursing services to immigrants and low-income patients
and their families in Manhattan. As resistance to nurse-provided care grew, standing orders
were drafted from a group of Lower East Side physicians thereby circumventing then-
existing legal ramifications.
2. The Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) founded in Kentucky in 1925 by Mary
Breckenridge initiallyprovided Appalachia with nursing resources and which type of
advanced nursing care?
a. Pediatric care
b. Anesthesia
c. Midwifery
d. Surgical services
ANSWER>>C
The original FNS provided nursing services and obstetric services to Appalachian residents.
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Later working from standard orders developed from their medical advisory committee nurses
treated patients, made diagnoses, and dispensed medications.
3. Which organization founded in 1941 under Mary Breckenridge’s leadership merged
with theAmerican College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) in 1969?
a. American Association of Nurse-Midwives (AANM)
b. American Nurses Association (ANA)
c. Association for National Nurse-Midwifery (ANNM)
d. Council of Nursing Midwifery (ANM)
ANSWER>>A
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) formed under the leadership of Mary
Breckenridge in 1941 to provide nurse-midwife development and collaboration for midwife
development. In 1955, the American College of Nurse-Midwives was formed and the
twoorganizations merged in 1969 after the death of Mary Breckenridge.
4. In a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court as a result of Chalmers-Frances v. Nelson,
1936,what legal precedent was established?
a. Nurse anesthesia was allowed under the nurse practice act
b. Nurse anesthesia scope of practice included anesthesia
c. Nurse anesthesia was legal, if under guidance of a supervising physician
d. Only trained nursing professionals could administer anesthesia independently
ANSWER>>C
The landmark decision from the Chalmers-Frances v. Nelson case set national precedent for
the advanced nursing practice role. It proved to be the basis for other cases over the
following few decades and established that trained nurses could legally provide anesthesia
care under supervisionof a physician.
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5. The first known establishment of the nurse practitioner role occurred in 1965 at
theUniversityof Colorado. In which area of training did this role specialize?
a. Pediatrics
b. Geriatrics
c. Midwifery
d. Anesthesia
ANSWER>>A
The establishment of the first pediatric nurse practitioner program was in 1965 at the
University of Colorado. Loretta Ford, RN and Henry Silver, MD provided a 4-month course
to certified registered nurses to provide education on managing childhood health problems.
6. The DNP program curriculum outlined which of the following clinical requirements
in aneffort to standardize training?
a. 1000 supervised clinical hours and 200 unsupervised clinical hours
b. 1000 supervised clinical hours
c. 900 supervised clinical hours
d. 800 supervised clinical hours and 200 unsupervised clinical hours
ANSWER>>B
In 2004, the AACN outlined the DNP curriculum in an effort to standardize and relieve
challenges of master’s degree programs. This includes a standardized curriculum requiring
1000 supervised clinical hours.
7. Which state became the first to recognize diagnosis and treatment as part
of thescope of practice of specialty nurses?
a. Idaho
b. Oklahoma
c. South Dakota
TEST BANK Advanced Practice Nursing Essential
Knowledge for the Profession 5th Edition with
Questions and Answers and Explanations
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Role of Advanced Practices Nursing
DeNisco: Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession 5th Edition
Multiple Choice
1. In 1893, Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement (HSS) House for which purpose?
a. Access to health care of rural areas
b. Create inner-city nursing awareness
c. Provide the disadvantaged access to care
d. Establish guidelines for advanced nursing roles
ANSWER>>C
The HHS was established to provide nursing services to immigrants and low-income patients
and their families in Manhattan. As resistance to nurse-provided care grew, standing orders
were drafted from a group of Lower East Side physicians thereby circumventing then-
existing legal ramifications.
2. The Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) founded in Kentucky in 1925 by Mary
Breckenridge initiallyprovided Appalachia with nursing resources and which type of
advanced nursing care?
a. Pediatric care
b. Anesthesia
c. Midwifery
d. Surgical services
ANSWER>>C
The original FNS provided nursing services and obstetric services to Appalachian residents.
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Later working from standard orders developed from their medical advisory committee nurses
treated patients, made diagnoses, and dispensed medications.
3. Which organization founded in 1941 under Mary Breckenridge’s leadership merged
with theAmerican College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) in 1969?
a. American Association of Nurse-Midwives (AANM)
b. American Nurses Association (ANA)
c. Association for National Nurse-Midwifery (ANNM)
d. Council of Nursing Midwifery (ANM)
ANSWER>>A
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) formed under the leadership of Mary
Breckenridge in 1941 to provide nurse-midwife development and collaboration for midwife
development. In 1955, the American College of Nurse-Midwives was formed and the
twoorganizations merged in 1969 after the death of Mary Breckenridge.
4. In a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court as a result of Chalmers-Frances v. Nelson,
1936,what legal precedent was established?
a. Nurse anesthesia was allowed under the nurse practice act
b. Nurse anesthesia scope of practice included anesthesia
c. Nurse anesthesia was legal, if under guidance of a supervising physician
d. Only trained nursing professionals could administer anesthesia independently
ANSWER>>C
The landmark decision from the Chalmers-Frances v. Nelson case set national precedent for
the advanced nursing practice role. It proved to be the basis for other cases over the
following few decades and established that trained nurses could legally provide anesthesia
care under supervisionof a physician.
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5. The first known establishment of the nurse practitioner role occurred in 1965 at
theUniversityof Colorado. In which area of training did this role specialize?
a. Pediatrics
b. Geriatrics
c. Midwifery
d. Anesthesia
ANSWER>>A
The establishment of the first pediatric nurse practitioner program was in 1965 at the
University of Colorado. Loretta Ford, RN and Henry Silver, MD provided a 4-month course
to certified registered nurses to provide education on managing childhood health problems.
6. The DNP program curriculum outlined which of the following clinical requirements
in aneffort to standardize training?
a. 1000 supervised clinical hours and 200 unsupervised clinical hours
b. 1000 supervised clinical hours
c. 900 supervised clinical hours
d. 800 supervised clinical hours and 200 unsupervised clinical hours
ANSWER>>B
In 2004, the AACN outlined the DNP curriculum in an effort to standardize and relieve
challenges of master’s degree programs. This includes a standardized curriculum requiring
1000 supervised clinical hours.
7. Which state became the first to recognize diagnosis and treatment as part
of thescope of practice of specialty nurses?
a. Idaho
b. Oklahoma
c. South Dakota
