Stanhope Ch 2 Test Questions Well Answered Graded A+
A nurse is considering applying for a position as a public health nurse. Which of the following would be a
reason this position would be appealing?
a) Its autonomy and independence
b) Its focus on acute care and immediately visible outcomes
c) Its collaboration with other healthcare professionals
d) Its flexibility and higher wages - AnswersA
Unlike in-patient nursing, in which there are other healthcare professionals with staff with whom to
interact, public health nursing is know for its autonomy and independence.
The Elizabeth Poor Law of 1601 is similar to which current law?
a) Welfare
b) Food stamps
c) Medicaid
d) Medicare - AnswersC
The Poor Law guaranteed medical care for poor, blind, and "lame" individuals, similar to Medicaid.
How did the Industrial Revolution result in previous caregiving approaches, such as care by families,
friends, and neighbors, becoming inadequate?
,a) Economic and political wars resulted in frequent death and injuries
b) Incredible plagues consistently and constantly swept the European continent
c) Migration and urbanization resulted in increased demand for care
d) Caregivers could easily find other employment, so they demanded to be paid - AnswersC
Care become inadequate because of the social changes in Europe, with great advances in
transportation, communication, and other technologies. The increased mobility led to migration and
urbanization, which in turn led to increased need for care.
A colonist is working in the public health sector in early colonial America. Which of the following
activities would have likely been completed?
a) Establishing schools of nursing
b) Developing vaccines to administer to large number of people
c) Collecting vital statistics and improving sanitation
d) Developing public housing and almshouses - AnswersC
The other choices are events that happened after the colonial period.
Why did American citizens become interested in establishing government-controlled boards of health?
a) They were afraid of infectious diseases such as yellow fever
, b) The government could force the poverty-stricken to accept care
c) Such boards could tax and thereby ensure adequate funds to pay for care
d) Such as system would allow for accurate records of births and deaths - AnswersA
Threat of disease, especially yellow fever, led to public interest in establishing government-sponsored,
or official, boards of health.
A nurse was employed by the Marine Hospital Service in 1800. Which of the following interventions
would the nurse most likely have completed?
a) Setting policy on quarantine legislation for immigrants
b) Establishing hospital-based programs to care for the sick at home
c) Identifying and improving environmental conditions
d) Providing health care for merchant seamen - AnswersD
Providing healthcare to seamen was an early effort by the federal government to improve public health.
The purpose of the Marine Hospital Service was to secure its maritime trade and seacost cities.
What was the outcome of the Shattuck Report?
a) Efforts to control alcohol and drug abuse, as well as tobacco use, were initiated
b) Environmental sanitation efforts became an immediate priority
A nurse is considering applying for a position as a public health nurse. Which of the following would be a
reason this position would be appealing?
a) Its autonomy and independence
b) Its focus on acute care and immediately visible outcomes
c) Its collaboration with other healthcare professionals
d) Its flexibility and higher wages - AnswersA
Unlike in-patient nursing, in which there are other healthcare professionals with staff with whom to
interact, public health nursing is know for its autonomy and independence.
The Elizabeth Poor Law of 1601 is similar to which current law?
a) Welfare
b) Food stamps
c) Medicaid
d) Medicare - AnswersC
The Poor Law guaranteed medical care for poor, blind, and "lame" individuals, similar to Medicaid.
How did the Industrial Revolution result in previous caregiving approaches, such as care by families,
friends, and neighbors, becoming inadequate?
,a) Economic and political wars resulted in frequent death and injuries
b) Incredible plagues consistently and constantly swept the European continent
c) Migration and urbanization resulted in increased demand for care
d) Caregivers could easily find other employment, so they demanded to be paid - AnswersC
Care become inadequate because of the social changes in Europe, with great advances in
transportation, communication, and other technologies. The increased mobility led to migration and
urbanization, which in turn led to increased need for care.
A colonist is working in the public health sector in early colonial America. Which of the following
activities would have likely been completed?
a) Establishing schools of nursing
b) Developing vaccines to administer to large number of people
c) Collecting vital statistics and improving sanitation
d) Developing public housing and almshouses - AnswersC
The other choices are events that happened after the colonial period.
Why did American citizens become interested in establishing government-controlled boards of health?
a) They were afraid of infectious diseases such as yellow fever
, b) The government could force the poverty-stricken to accept care
c) Such boards could tax and thereby ensure adequate funds to pay for care
d) Such as system would allow for accurate records of births and deaths - AnswersA
Threat of disease, especially yellow fever, led to public interest in establishing government-sponsored,
or official, boards of health.
A nurse was employed by the Marine Hospital Service in 1800. Which of the following interventions
would the nurse most likely have completed?
a) Setting policy on quarantine legislation for immigrants
b) Establishing hospital-based programs to care for the sick at home
c) Identifying and improving environmental conditions
d) Providing health care for merchant seamen - AnswersD
Providing healthcare to seamen was an early effort by the federal government to improve public health.
The purpose of the Marine Hospital Service was to secure its maritime trade and seacost cities.
What was the outcome of the Shattuck Report?
a) Efforts to control alcohol and drug abuse, as well as tobacco use, were initiated
b) Environmental sanitation efforts became an immediate priority
