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,Table of contents
UNIT 1 The Development of Nursing
1 The Evolution of Professional Nursing
2 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing
3 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education
4 Nursing Licensure and Certification
5 Theories of Nursing Practice
6 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Unit 2 Current Issues in Health Care
7 Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges
8 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care
9 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
10 Cultural Competency, Person-Centered
Care, and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care
11 Complementary and Alternative Healing
12 Palliative Care
13 Workplace Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment
14 Collective Bargaining and Unions in Today’s Workplace
15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
16 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World
Unit 3 Leadership and Management
in Nursing
17 Nursing Leadership and Management: The Foundations
18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses
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,19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
20 Effective Delegation and Supervision
21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models
22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
23 Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved!
24 Clinical Judgment
Unit 4 Career Management
25 Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse
26 Managing Time: The Path to High Self-Performance
27 Job Search: Finding Your Match
28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination
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, Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Rationale: 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
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Rationale: 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.
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,Table of contents
UNIT 1 The Development of Nursing
1 The Evolution of Professional Nursing
2 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing
3 The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education
4 Nursing Licensure and Certification
5 Theories of Nursing Practice
6 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
Unit 2 Current Issues in Health Care
7 Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges
8 Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care
9 Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
10 Cultural Competency, Person-Centered
Care, and Social Issues in Nursing and Health Care
11 Complementary and Alternative Healing
12 Palliative Care
13 Workplace Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment
14 Collective Bargaining and Unions in Today’s Workplace
15 Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
16 Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World
Unit 3 Leadership and Management
in Nursing
17 Nursing Leadership and Management: The Foundations
18 Budgeting Basics for Nurses
2
,19 Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
20 Effective Delegation and Supervision
21 Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models
22 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
23 Health Policy and Politics: Get Involved!
24 Clinical Judgment
Unit 4 Career Management
25 Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse
26 Managing Time: The Path to High Self-Performance
27 Job Search: Finding Your Match
28 The NCLEX-RN® Examination
3
, Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Rationale: 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
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Rationale: 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.
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