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Test Bank Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community Health Nursing Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which nurse fought to have American nursing controlled by nurses rather than physicians? a. Clara Barton b. Florence Nightingale c. Lavinia Dock d....

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Community Public Health Nursing 7th Edition Nies Test Bank


Test Bank Policy, Politics, Legislation, and Community
Health Nursing Nies: Community/Public Health Nursing,
7th Edition

MULTIPLE
CHOICE

1. Which nurse fought to have American nursing controlled by nurses rather than
physicians?
a. Clara Barton
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Lavinia Dock
d. Lillian Wald
ANS: C
Lavinia Dock was a political activist who waged a campaign for legislation to
allow nurses to control the nursing profession. Florence Nightingale was the
first nurse to exert political pressure on a government. Clara Barton was
responsible for organizing relief efforts during
the U.S. Civil War. Lillian Wald was the driving force behind the federal
government’s development of the Children’s Bureau in 1912.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)

2. Which nurse used political expertise to influence the federal government
to develop a Children’s Bureau?
a. Clara Barton
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Lavinia Dock
d. Lillian
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Wald
ANS: D
Lillian Wald recognized the connection between social conditions and health.
She was a driving force behind the federal government’s development of the
Children’s Bureau in 1912. Lavinia Dock was a political activist who waged a
campaign for legislation to allow nurses to control the nursing profession.
Florence Nightingale was the first nurse to exert political pressure on a
government. Clara Barton was responsible for organizing relief efforts during
the U.S. Civil War.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)

3. Which best describes the most important factor in
legislation?
a. The amount of financing and lobbying behind each
choice
b. The beliefs, attitudes, and values of the policy
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c. The preferences of the majority of American voters
d. The president’s ongoing encouragement for one particular choice
ANS: B
Public policy encompasses the choices made regarding goals, priorities, and
how resources are allocated. Policy choices reflect the values, beliefs, and
attitudes of those designing the policy. The influence of the president,
preferences of Americans, and amount of financing related to the legislation are
not as important as the beliefs, attitudes, and values of the policy.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)




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4. Which is accomplished through the use of public policy?
a.Solutions to problems of public concern are developed.
b.A rational, logical problem-solving decision-making process is implemented.
c.Public safety nets for vulnerable populations are created.
d.Economic and business management principles are applied.
ANS: A
The field of public policy involves the study of specific policy problems and
governmental responses to them. Political scientists involved in the study of
public policy attempt to devise solutions for problems of public concern. The
use of public policy may not involve the implementation of a logical problem-
solving, decision-making process. Public policy addresses more than safety
nets for vulnerable populations. Additional principles besides economics and
business management are applied through the use of public policy.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)

5. Which best describes why it is so difficult to change the paradigm of health care
from disease orientation to promoting health orientation?
a. The belief exists that those without insurance could obtain
insurance if they worked hard enough.
b. People find it difficult to agree on what the ideal paradigm should be.
c. People realize the media have exaggerated the problems that result
from lack of insurance.
d. Serious reallocation of resources would have to occur.
ANS: D
A shift in the paradigm woulN dUneRceSsI
sitNatG
eTaB
su.bsCtaOnM
tial reallocation of resources
because the vast majority of health spending is currently directed to medical
care and biomedical research
and reflects a viewpoint of health care as a commodity. The allocation of
resources has the most influence on creating a paradigm shift. Individual
opinions and the use of media do not play as great of role as where resources
are spent.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension)

6. Which best describes how the government controls conditions that individuals
cannot?
a. Appeals to the common sense and good nature of the citizens
b. Establishes social mores that enable groups to control individuals’ behaviors
c. Passes and enforces law
d. Uses fear reinforced by police power

ANS: C
Government regulates conditions that individuals cannot control and provides
individual protection through a population-wide focus. These tasks are
accomplished through passage and enforcement of laws. These laws control
individuals’ behaviors, which may lead to the establishment of social mores
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