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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best 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 was founded by Clara Barton in 1882, to be of assistance in efforts
to provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals. Barton also sets up a postwar service to
find missing soldiers.
DIF: Knowledge
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 piece 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 help
states in plan for other health care facilities in accordance with the needs of communities.
DIF: Knowledge
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.
ANS: D
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
DIF: Knowledge
4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Clara Barton
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d. Mary Seacole ANS: A
Lillian Wald was a pioneer in public health nursing, and is best known for the development
and establishment of the first viable practice for public health nurses.
DIF: Comprehension
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 Williams and Frances Rose are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore
Directory.
d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine
from house to house during the Middle Ages
ANS: C
1840—Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters of
the Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
DIF: Comprehension
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 ofN
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ANS: C
World War I offered nurses a chance to enter new fields of specialization, as is seen in the
example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
DIF: Comprehension
7. What was an original purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?
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
ANS: 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.
DIF: Comprehension
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8. A client asks the nurse, “Can you explain the amendment to the Social Security Act called
Title XVIII to me?” The nurse demonstrates an understanding of this legislation when 11. The use of herbs, which has become a popular alternative to prescription drugs in today’s
providing what response? health care milieu, had roots originating when?
a. It led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care hospital–based a. Prehistoric times and the Middle Ages
nursing care. b. Civil War period and World War I
b. It provided medical insurance to those younger adults or children who were not c. Renaissance and Reformation periods and the Colonial American period
eligible for private insurance because of catastrophic illnesses such as cancer. d. Crimean War and Civil War periods
c. It provided preventive care for women, infants, and children.
ANS: A
d. It ensured that individuals with end-stage renal disease had health care insurance.
During prehistoric times, tribes used herbs to rid themselves of disease; in the Middle Ages,
ANS: D women used herbs. This practice has continued to today.
The Medicare program provides hospital insurance, Part A, and medical insurance, Part B, to
all people aged 65 and older who are eligible to receive Social Security benefits; people with DIF: Comprehension
total, permanent disabilities; and people with end-stage renal disease.
12. A care provider sacrifices an animal and waves an herb-filled sack over a client who is
DIF: Comprehension complaining of painful joints and chest pain with exertion. This ritual represents health care
during what time period?
9. A comparison of nursing in the 1980s to nursing in the 1990s reveals what factor that a. The prehistoric period
contributes to health care as we know it today? b. Early civilization in Egypt
a. In the 1990s nursing experienced a significant reduction occurred in preventable c. The European Renaissance
diseases caused by unsafe/unhealthy lifestyles. d. The Middle Ages in Asia and Africa
b. Tuberculosis was the primary concern for nursing in the 1980s, whereas the AIDS
ANS: A
epidemic emerged and was its focus during the 1990s. During prehistoric times, illness was thought to be caused by evil spirits that providers
c. A decrease in ambulatory services in the 1980s prompted an increase in public
attempted to scare away through rituals and dances.
health nurses in the 1990s.
d. The demand for advanced practice nurses increased in the 1980s and the 1990s DIF: Comprehension
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he hMealth of the nation.
13.13.
ANS: D A prospective nursing student who researches universities that offer a baccalaureate degree in
The numbers of advanced nurse practitioners increased as evidence of their cost-effectiveness nursing would want to ensure that the program is accredited by what agency?
as providers of primary and preventive health care became established. a. American Nurses Association
b. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
DIF: Comprehension c. National Institutes of Health
d. National Nursing Council
10. Which statement accurately describes the historical perspective of nursing practice?
a. Nursing has existed to meet the needs of populations, individuals, and aggregates ANS: B
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is the agency that exclusively
by providing care that is determined by the needs and beliefs of society in different
accredits baccalaureate and graduate-degree nursing programs.
historical contexts.
b. As men began to become interested in nursing, it changed into a respected
DIF: Comprehension
profession based on scientific fact rather than superstition.
c. Nursing has historically accepted individuals from all social and ethnic 14. Nursing in the 1990s was characterized by what health care focus?
backgrounds. a. Men leaving nursing to enter the armed services
d. The United States has led the way throughout history to advance nursing and b. Traditional 8-hour shifts to nurse burnout and compassion fatigue
health care by providing the first hospital and medical school. c. Identifying health promotion associated with preventable diseases
ANS: A d. Managing runaway health care costs
Nursing has existed since biblical times to address needs ranging from contagious diseases in ANS: C
early times to health prevention in the present time, with care based on health needs and Health promotion and disease prevention were recognized as the means to reduce the high
beliefs of the time. number of mortalities associated with preventable diseases—Healthy People 2000 was
published as a nationwide effort to reduce preventable deaths.
DIF: Comprehension
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DIF: Comprehension ANS: A
Numerous epidemics plagued the country, including syphilis, gonorrhea, malaria, smallpox,
15. A nurse is part of the policy committee for a hospital. The committee is provided with and typhoid.
statistics indicating that patients participating in a satisfaction survey felt they lacked
sufficient information about new drugs started while hospitalized and continued after DIF: Application
discharge. In addition, charts noted high recidivism rates. The committee recommended that a
formalized patient education plan be instituted to reconcile all medications and provide patient MULTIPLE RESPONSE
information about new medications. The committee is using which component of the Institute
of Medicine (IOM) 2011 message? 1. What uniquely 21st century issue challenges today’s professional nurse? (Select all that
a. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education to be effective members of an apply.)
interdisciplinary team. a. Caring for an aging population
b. Nurses should have a minimum of a master’s degree to sit on policy committees b. Increased patient acuity
that affect an entire facility. c. Access to health care services
c. Pay for nurses should be consistent with that of physicians since the committee is d. Expanding technology
interdisciplinary. e. Increasing intercultural patient population
d. Policy is based on data, which provides the groundwork for decision making.
ANS: A, B, D, E
ANS: D Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges including an aging
The IOM report initiatives include effective workforce planning and policymaking based on patient population. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges
better data collection and improved infrastructure. including an increase in high acuity patients. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced
with many challenges including an ever-expanding array of technologies that affect patient
DIF: Application
care. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges including the
existence of an intercultural patient population.
16. What was the stated goal of the Affordable Care Act of 2011?
a. Requiring that by 2020 all newly licensed nurses have a bachelor’s degree at
DIF: Comprehension
minimum
b. Provide health care benefits to millions who were previously uninsurable or unable
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nurses when her mentor graduated N T The mentor states, “Prevention was the focus of
c. Cap the amount that hospitals and physicians can charge for procedures nursing when I graduated. We stressed preventive health measures such as smoking cessation
d. Subsidizes private insurance companies, thereby reducing health care costs for the education to reduce preventable diseases and prevention to reduce the spread of infectious
chronically ill disease such as AIDS.” The mentor asks, “What do you think the challenges will be for nurses
ANS: B graduating now?” (Select all that apply.)
It is anticipated that the ACA (2011) will make insurance coverage possible for millions who a. Coordinating care for a more diverse aging population who have complex health
have previously not had insurance or had been denied insurance. values
b. Managing care provided by nurses who are technologically advanced and skilled at
DIF: Comprehension interprofessional collaboration
c. Providing care to well-informed consumers who are younger with narrow health
17. It has been said that “history repeats itself because no one was listening the first time.” Which values
statement is true when comparing the nursing care provided in the Civil War (1861 to 1865) d. Redesigning nursing care delivery models to streamline care based on fewer
to that provided during the Crimean War? generational differences
a. Epidemics such as smallpox and typhoid were the primary emphasis of nursing e. Focusing on care from a systems perspective
care in both wars.
ANS: A, B, E
b. Soldiers were housed in substandard conditions, but due to Nightingale’s push for
sanitary conditions, in the Civil War soldiers were housed in aseptic conditions.
c. Black nurses were widely accepted by society and the profession, receiving equal
compensation during the Civil War due in large part to the efforts of Mary Seacole
during the Crimean War.
d. Both Nightingale (Crimean War) and Dix (Civil War) completed nursing training
before accepting positions as nurses in the wars.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best 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 was founded by Clara Barton in 1882, to be of assistance in efforts
to provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals. Barton also sets up a postwar service to
find missing soldiers.
DIF: Knowledge
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 piece 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 help
states in plan for other health care facilities in accordance with the needs of communities.
DIF: Knowledge
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.
ANS: D
Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and
establishment of the Henry Street Settlement.
DIF: Knowledge
4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Clara Barton
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d. Mary Seacole ANS: A
Lillian Wald was a pioneer in public health nursing, and is best known for the development
and establishment of the first viable practice for public health nurses.
DIF: Comprehension
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 Williams and Frances Rose are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore
Directory.
d. The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine
from house to house during the Middle Ages
ANS: C
1840—Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who founded Nursing Sisters of
the Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the City of Baltimore Directory.
DIF: Comprehension
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 ofN
coUmRm
SuInN
ityGhTeB
alt.
hC urM
nO ses.
ANS: C
World War I offered nurses a chance to enter new fields of specialization, as is seen in the
example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
DIF: Comprehension
7. What was an original purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?
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
ANS: 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.
DIF: Comprehension
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8. A client asks the nurse, “Can you explain the amendment to the Social Security Act called
Title XVIII to me?” The nurse demonstrates an understanding of this legislation when 11. The use of herbs, which has become a popular alternative to prescription drugs in today’s
providing what response? health care milieu, had roots originating when?
a. It led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care hospital–based a. Prehistoric times and the Middle Ages
nursing care. b. Civil War period and World War I
b. It provided medical insurance to those younger adults or children who were not c. Renaissance and Reformation periods and the Colonial American period
eligible for private insurance because of catastrophic illnesses such as cancer. d. Crimean War and Civil War periods
c. It provided preventive care for women, infants, and children.
ANS: A
d. It ensured that individuals with end-stage renal disease had health care insurance.
During prehistoric times, tribes used herbs to rid themselves of disease; in the Middle Ages,
ANS: D women used herbs. This practice has continued to today.
The Medicare program provides hospital insurance, Part A, and medical insurance, Part B, to
all people aged 65 and older who are eligible to receive Social Security benefits; people with DIF: Comprehension
total, permanent disabilities; and people with end-stage renal disease.
12. A care provider sacrifices an animal and waves an herb-filled sack over a client who is
DIF: Comprehension complaining of painful joints and chest pain with exertion. This ritual represents health care
during what time period?
9. A comparison of nursing in the 1980s to nursing in the 1990s reveals what factor that a. The prehistoric period
contributes to health care as we know it today? b. Early civilization in Egypt
a. In the 1990s nursing experienced a significant reduction occurred in preventable c. The European Renaissance
diseases caused by unsafe/unhealthy lifestyles. d. The Middle Ages in Asia and Africa
b. Tuberculosis was the primary concern for nursing in the 1980s, whereas the AIDS
ANS: A
epidemic emerged and was its focus during the 1990s. During prehistoric times, illness was thought to be caused by evil spirits that providers
c. A decrease in ambulatory services in the 1980s prompted an increase in public
attempted to scare away through rituals and dances.
health nurses in the 1990s.
d. The demand for advanced practice nurses increased in the 1980s and the 1990s DIF: Comprehension
because of the economy aNnd R conI
cernGaboBu.
t tC
he hMealth of the nation.
13.13.
ANS: D A prospective nursing student who researches universities that offer a baccalaureate degree in
The numbers of advanced nurse practitioners increased as evidence of their cost-effectiveness nursing would want to ensure that the program is accredited by what agency?
as providers of primary and preventive health care became established. a. American Nurses Association
b. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
DIF: Comprehension c. National Institutes of Health
d. National Nursing Council
10. Which statement accurately describes the historical perspective of nursing practice?
a. Nursing has existed to meet the needs of populations, individuals, and aggregates ANS: B
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is the agency that exclusively
by providing care that is determined by the needs and beliefs of society in different
accredits baccalaureate and graduate-degree nursing programs.
historical contexts.
b. As men began to become interested in nursing, it changed into a respected
DIF: Comprehension
profession based on scientific fact rather than superstition.
c. Nursing has historically accepted individuals from all social and ethnic 14. Nursing in the 1990s was characterized by what health care focus?
backgrounds. a. Men leaving nursing to enter the armed services
d. The United States has led the way throughout history to advance nursing and b. Traditional 8-hour shifts to nurse burnout and compassion fatigue
health care by providing the first hospital and medical school. c. Identifying health promotion associated with preventable diseases
ANS: A d. Managing runaway health care costs
Nursing has existed since biblical times to address needs ranging from contagious diseases in ANS: C
early times to health prevention in the present time, with care based on health needs and Health promotion and disease prevention were recognized as the means to reduce the high
beliefs of the time. number of mortalities associated with preventable diseases—Healthy People 2000 was
published as a nationwide effort to reduce preventable deaths.
DIF: Comprehension
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DIF: Comprehension ANS: A
Numerous epidemics plagued the country, including syphilis, gonorrhea, malaria, smallpox,
15. A nurse is part of the policy committee for a hospital. The committee is provided with and typhoid.
statistics indicating that patients participating in a satisfaction survey felt they lacked
sufficient information about new drugs started while hospitalized and continued after DIF: Application
discharge. In addition, charts noted high recidivism rates. The committee recommended that a
formalized patient education plan be instituted to reconcile all medications and provide patient MULTIPLE RESPONSE
information about new medications. The committee is using which component of the Institute
of Medicine (IOM) 2011 message? 1. What uniquely 21st century issue challenges today’s professional nurse? (Select all that
a. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education to be effective members of an apply.)
interdisciplinary team. a. Caring for an aging population
b. Nurses should have a minimum of a master’s degree to sit on policy committees b. Increased patient acuity
that affect an entire facility. c. Access to health care services
c. Pay for nurses should be consistent with that of physicians since the committee is d. Expanding technology
interdisciplinary. e. Increasing intercultural patient population
d. Policy is based on data, which provides the groundwork for decision making.
ANS: A, B, D, E
ANS: D Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges including an aging
The IOM report initiatives include effective workforce planning and policymaking based on patient population. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges
better data collection and improved infrastructure. including an increase in high acuity patients. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced
with many challenges including an ever-expanding array of technologies that affect patient
DIF: Application
care. Professional nurses in the 21st century are faced with many challenges including the
existence of an intercultural patient population.
16. What was the stated goal of the Affordable Care Act of 2011?
a. Requiring that by 2020 all newly licensed nurses have a bachelor’s degree at
DIF: Comprehension
minimum
b. Provide health care benefits to millions who were previously uninsurable or unable
N R I G B.C M 2. A newly licensed nurse compNareR
s theIchG
alleB
ng.eC
s facMing nursing today with those faced by
to afford insurance U Sin 1990.
nurses when her mentor graduated N T The mentor states, “Prevention was the focus of
c. Cap the amount that hospitals and physicians can charge for procedures nursing when I graduated. We stressed preventive health measures such as smoking cessation
d. Subsidizes private insurance companies, thereby reducing health care costs for the education to reduce preventable diseases and prevention to reduce the spread of infectious
chronically ill disease such as AIDS.” The mentor asks, “What do you think the challenges will be for nurses
ANS: B graduating now?” (Select all that apply.)
It is anticipated that the ACA (2011) will make insurance coverage possible for millions who a. Coordinating care for a more diverse aging population who have complex health
have previously not had insurance or had been denied insurance. values
b. Managing care provided by nurses who are technologically advanced and skilled at
DIF: Comprehension interprofessional collaboration
c. Providing care to well-informed consumers who are younger with narrow health
17. It has been said that “history repeats itself because no one was listening the first time.” Which values
statement is true when comparing the nursing care provided in the Civil War (1861 to 1865) d. Redesigning nursing care delivery models to streamline care based on fewer
to that provided during the Crimean War? generational differences
a. Epidemics such as smallpox and typhoid were the primary emphasis of nursing e. Focusing on care from a systems perspective
care in both wars.
ANS: A, B, E
b. Soldiers were housed in substandard conditions, but due to Nightingale’s push for
sanitary conditions, in the Civil War soldiers were housed in aseptic conditions.
c. Black nurses were widely accepted by society and the profession, receiving equal
compensation during the Civil War due in large part to the efforts of Mary Seacole
during the Crimean War.
d. Both Nightingale (Crimean War) and Dix (Civil War) completed nursing training
before accepting positions as nurses in the wars.
