,Chapter 01: The Evolutionof Professional Nursing
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MULTIPLE i#CHOICE
1. What accomplishmentis Clara Bartonbestknownfor?
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a. Becomingthefirstblack i#public healthnurse r
b. Establishingthe i#HenryStreet i#Settlement
c. Founding thei#American Red Cross r r r
d. Publicizingtheinadequaciesofhospital-basednursingschools
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C
TheAmerican i#Red i#CrosswasfoundedbyClara Barton in i#1882, r r
i#tobeofassistancein effortstoprov i#idesuppliesto thebattlefieldsandhospitals.
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i#Bartonalso setsupapostwarservicetofindmissing s i#oldiers.
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DIF: Knowledge
2. Studentsareassignedtowritetotheirstateleadersabouti#ani#issueaffecting theircommunity. i#One r
i#studentwritesabouttheneedamongruralcommunityforgreateraccess toacutecareservices. r i #
i # Which pieceoflegislation i#shouldthestudentuse i#as i#a reference?
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a. Sociali#SecurityAct
b. Hill-Burton Act r
c. Sheppard-TownerAct
d. U.S.CivilServiceAct
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B
Thepurposeofthe i#Hill-
Burton i#Actwastoprovidefundingto construct hospitalsandtohelp states inplanforotherhealthc r r r r
i#arefacilitiesin accordancewith the needsofcommunities.
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DIF: Knowledge
3. Thepracticeofpublichealthnursing andthei#HenryStreet i#Settlementarecredited i#to r
a. MaryBreckenridge.
b. MarySeacole.
c. ClaraBarton.
d. Lillian Wald. r
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D
Lillian Wald,i#apioneerin publichealthnursing,i#is bestknownforthedevelopmentandestablishmentof
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i# thei#Henryi#Street i#Settlement.
DIF: Knowledge
4. Occupationalhealthnursingfeaturesbeliefs similartothoseofwhich earlynursingpioneer? r r
a. Lillian Wald r
b. Florence Nightingale r
c. Clara Barton r
,d. MarySeacole
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A
Lillian Wald wasapioneerinpublic health nursing,i#and isbestknownforthedevelopment andesta
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i# blishmentofthefirstviable practice forpublichealthnurses.
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DIF: Comprehension
5. Whathistoricalevent i # first i # ledtotherecognitionofthecontributionofblacks tonursing? r
a. FlorenceNightingale‘s acceptanceofblack nurses into i # the firstnursingschool
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b. Thecontributionsofblack nursesi#ati#thePennsylvaniai#Hospital,i#thefirsthospitalin Am
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erica
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c. MaryWilliamsandi#Frances Rose arelisted asi#nurses inthei#Cityof i#Baltimore i#Dire
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i#ctory.
d. Theworkdonebywives ofwealthyblacknobles who carriedfoodandmedicinei#fro
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i#mhousetohouseduringthei#Middlei#Ages
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C
1840—
Two black women,i#MaryWilliamsand Francesi#Rose,i#who foundedi#NursingSistersofthei#Holyi#Cr
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i#oss, i#arelisted i#as i#nursesinthe i#Cityof i#Baltimore i#Directory.
DIF: Comprehension
6. Worldi#Wari#I contributed i#totheadvancementofhealthcareby
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a. increasingthe numberofprivatecarehospitalsand decreasingtherole ofpublicheal
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i # thservices.
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b. employingalargenumberofcivilianstoprovidecare toreturningsoldiersthroughthe r
i # i # Redi#Cross.
c. introducingspecialistsinnursingsuchi#asi#nurse anesthetists. r
d. increasingthenumber ofN coUmRm
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ses.
ANS:
C
World i#War i#I offerednursesachancetoenternewfieldsofspecialization, i#as is i#seeninthe example
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i# ofnurseanesthetists, i#who becamepart ofsurgicalteams at thei#fronti#lines.
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DIF: Comprehension
7. Whatwas i#an i#originalpurposeoftheSocial i#SecurityActof i#1935?
a. Increaseresearchthatfocusedonminoritygroups
b. Providemedical i#careforchemicallyimpairedpersons
c. Ensurehealthcareforolderadultsthroughanational i # i # insurancesystem
d. Decreasethepublic‘s financialburdenbylimitingi#services offeredbylocalhealthdep
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i# artments
ANS:
C
Byproviding healthinsuranceforolderadults, i#the i#Social i#Security i#Actof i#1935 i#set theprecedent
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i#fo i#rthepassageoftheMedicare andi#Medicaid Acts thatfollowedin 1965,
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i#buttheact alsoprovidedm i # aternal i#andchildwelfareservices,
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i#rehabilitationforthementallyandphysicallychallenged, i#medi i#cal
i#careforblindindividualsandcrippledchildren, i#andunemploymentbenefits.
DIF: Comprehension