,DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Contemporary Nursing 8th Edition Cherry
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: Knowledge
mynursytest.store
,DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Contemporary Nursing 8th Edition Cherry
4. A bronze statue of a nurse in battle fatigues who is obviously exhausted but demonstrates
caring by holding a soldier’s head is an artistic representation of nurses who served in which
war?
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. Spanish-American War
d. Vietnam War
ANS: D
This statue represents the caring provided by nurses during the Vietnam War.
DIF: Knowledge
5. What was the purpose of the Nurse Reinvestment Act of 2002?
a. Provided disability insurance to RNs who contract a life-threatening illness while
on duty
b. Funded public service announcements that promote unlicensed caregivers as an
alternative to professional nurses
c. Focused on nurse retention and safety enhancement grants to address the current
nursing shortage
d. Provided pediatric nursing training grants
ANS: C
This act provided nursing scholarships, public service announcements promoting nursing as a
career, faculty loan cancelation programs, geriatric training grants, and nurse retention and
safety enhancement grants.
DIF: Knowledge
6. What is the best way for the individual nurse to maintain the most effective professional
image?
a. Change out of their work attire before running errands
b. Renew membership in a nursing organization
c. Earning an advanced nursing degree
d. Developing effective nurse-physician relationships
ANS: B
Professional nurses recognize that their greatest benefit—and one of the most efficient and
powerful uses for their money—is less than 1% of their salary they spend for membership in
the ANA, the National League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, and their specialty
organization. They look forward to annual meetings because such meetings provide an
excellent opportunity to meet colleagues and discuss issues and practice innovations.
DIF: Application
7. What statement accurately describes Charles Dickens’ character Sairy Gamp?
a. The character was portrayed as a trained professional individual who put others
before self.
b. The character chose nursing because there were few other avenues for
employment.
c. The character was a prostitute who cared for the sick old men in the community.
mynursytest.store
, DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Contemporary Nursing 8th Edition Cherry
d. The character showed nurses to be at the forefront of the technology of that time.
ANS: B
Sairy Gamp endured nursing because of the lack of other opportunities.
DIF: Knowledge
8. What does the Spirit of Nursing statue honor?
a. Florence Nightingale’s accomplishments in public health
b. Edith Cavell’s attempt to help the victims of the Tuskegee experiment
c. Clara Maas, who found the cure for yellow fever during WWII
d. All military nurses for their service, bravery, and compassion
ANS: D
The statue the Spirit of Nursing was created to honor all military nurses.
DIF: Knowledge
9. Although the media portrayed nursing in a negative light in M*A*S*H through the character
of a promiscuous, uncaring nurse, it also provided Americans with a promising glimpse of
what true nursing characteristic?
a. The skill and drive to assist doctors in caring for the wounded
b. That women possess the desire to serve one’s country that equals that of men
c. The ability of nurses to cope with the dreadfulness of war by using humor
d. The contributions of any nurse to the care of military personnel
ANS: C
The sitcom M*A*S*H did show humor as a coping mechanism for nurses in a war setting.
DIF: Knowledge
10. With the crisis in health care and the nursing shortage, why is the image of nursing still
important?
a. Nursing care is often delivered during a time of uncertainty, and the image of
nurses during this time can reinforce trust in the nurse-patient relationship.
b. Physicians have a distinctive body of knowledge that identifies them as
professionals, whereas nursing has yet to develop a unique body of knowledge on
which to base practice.
c. Nurses must present a unified image if they hope to ever establish nursing as a
profession.
d. The dynamic state of today’s health care requires nurses to move from a caring
image to one of technologic competence.
ANS: A
A person who seeks health care is entering a world of uncertainty. The nurse provides
continuity and compassion and stabilizes the environment of the patient.
DIF: Comprehension
11. How can nurses best combat the nursing shortage?
a. Joining unions, which influence employers to provide incentives such as pay raises
and free child care, thus encouraging the large percentage of nonworking nurses to
mynursytest.store
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: Knowledge
mynursytest.store
,DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Contemporary Nursing 8th Edition Cherry
4. A bronze statue of a nurse in battle fatigues who is obviously exhausted but demonstrates
caring by holding a soldier’s head is an artistic representation of nurses who served in which
war?
a. World War I
b. World War II
c. Spanish-American War
d. Vietnam War
ANS: D
This statue represents the caring provided by nurses during the Vietnam War.
DIF: Knowledge
5. What was the purpose of the Nurse Reinvestment Act of 2002?
a. Provided disability insurance to RNs who contract a life-threatening illness while
on duty
b. Funded public service announcements that promote unlicensed caregivers as an
alternative to professional nurses
c. Focused on nurse retention and safety enhancement grants to address the current
nursing shortage
d. Provided pediatric nursing training grants
ANS: C
This act provided nursing scholarships, public service announcements promoting nursing as a
career, faculty loan cancelation programs, geriatric training grants, and nurse retention and
safety enhancement grants.
DIF: Knowledge
6. What is the best way for the individual nurse to maintain the most effective professional
image?
a. Change out of their work attire before running errands
b. Renew membership in a nursing organization
c. Earning an advanced nursing degree
d. Developing effective nurse-physician relationships
ANS: B
Professional nurses recognize that their greatest benefit—and one of the most efficient and
powerful uses for their money—is less than 1% of their salary they spend for membership in
the ANA, the National League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, and their specialty
organization. They look forward to annual meetings because such meetings provide an
excellent opportunity to meet colleagues and discuss issues and practice innovations.
DIF: Application
7. What statement accurately describes Charles Dickens’ character Sairy Gamp?
a. The character was portrayed as a trained professional individual who put others
before self.
b. The character chose nursing because there were few other avenues for
employment.
c. The character was a prostitute who cared for the sick old men in the community.
mynursytest.store
, DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Contemporary Nursing 8th Edition Cherry
d. The character showed nurses to be at the forefront of the technology of that time.
ANS: B
Sairy Gamp endured nursing because of the lack of other opportunities.
DIF: Knowledge
8. What does the Spirit of Nursing statue honor?
a. Florence Nightingale’s accomplishments in public health
b. Edith Cavell’s attempt to help the victims of the Tuskegee experiment
c. Clara Maas, who found the cure for yellow fever during WWII
d. All military nurses for their service, bravery, and compassion
ANS: D
The statue the Spirit of Nursing was created to honor all military nurses.
DIF: Knowledge
9. Although the media portrayed nursing in a negative light in M*A*S*H through the character
of a promiscuous, uncaring nurse, it also provided Americans with a promising glimpse of
what true nursing characteristic?
a. The skill and drive to assist doctors in caring for the wounded
b. That women possess the desire to serve one’s country that equals that of men
c. The ability of nurses to cope with the dreadfulness of war by using humor
d. The contributions of any nurse to the care of military personnel
ANS: C
The sitcom M*A*S*H did show humor as a coping mechanism for nurses in a war setting.
DIF: Knowledge
10. With the crisis in health care and the nursing shortage, why is the image of nursing still
important?
a. Nursing care is often delivered during a time of uncertainty, and the image of
nurses during this time can reinforce trust in the nurse-patient relationship.
b. Physicians have a distinctive body of knowledge that identifies them as
professionals, whereas nursing has yet to develop a unique body of knowledge on
which to base practice.
c. Nurses must present a unified image if they hope to ever establish nursing as a
profession.
d. The dynamic state of today’s health care requires nurses to move from a caring
image to one of technologic competence.
ANS: A
A person who seeks health care is entering a world of uncertainty. The nurse provides
continuity and compassion and stabilizes the environment of the patient.
DIF: Comprehension
11. How can nurses best combat the nursing shortage?
a. Joining unions, which influence employers to provide incentives such as pay raises
and free child care, thus encouraging the large percentage of nonworking nurses to
mynursytest.store
