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Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing

Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8th

Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 1. Clara Barton is 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, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to continue

public health nursing.

DIF: Knowledge REF: p. 11

 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 of the following pieces 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 REF: p. 13

 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 REF: p. 6

 4. Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing pioneer?

a. Lillian Wald

b. Florence Nightingale

c. Clara Barton

d. Mary Seacole

ANS: A

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Test Bank Chapter 02: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing Cherry and Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which item below correctly describes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions by 2020? a. Positions that historically required registered nurses will be filled by unlicensed personnel. b. The job growth rate for RNs will surpass job growth in all other occupations. c. The need for hospital nurses will dramatically decrease. d. Hospitals will finally achieve the required RN workforce. ANS: B With an employment rate expected to increase by more than 15%, job production for nurses is projected to grow faster than the average of all occupations (7%) until 2020. DIF: Knowledge 2. What effect did the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest have on health care? a. Funding for mental health care increased, allowing the point of care to change from the community to standardized institutional care. b. The public and the nursing profession were made aware of the rights of vulnerable populations. c. Nurses were seen as advocates for individuals who cannot advocate for themselves. d. Funding for nursing traineeships was eliminated. ANS: B One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest reminded us that all individuals have rights and that it is the responsibility of the public and health care professionals to ensure that these rights are protected. DIF: Comprehension 3. Which nurse died after deliberately acquiring two bites from yellow fever carrier mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever during the Spanish-American War? a. Florence Nightingale b. Margaret Hoolihan c. Clara Maas d. Sairy Gamp ANS: C Clara Maas is noted as the nurse who deliberately acquired two bites from yellow fever carrier mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever. DIF: Knowledg

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