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Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th 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.
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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
Lillian Wald developed the first nursing service for occupational health.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 10
5. What historical event first led to the recognition of the contribution of blacks to nursing?
a. Florence Nightingale‘s acceptance of
black nurses into the first nursing school
b. The contributions of black nurses at the
Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
America
c. Mary Seacole‘s efforts to care for soldiers
during the Crimean War
d. The work done by wives of wealthy black
nobles who carried food and medicine
from house to house during the Middle
Ages
ANS: C
Although Nightingale‘s school refused Seacole, she was able to make a difference in the Crimean
War and later was recognized for her efforts.
DIF: Comprehension REF: pp. 8-9
6. World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by:
a. increasing the number of private care
hospitals and decreasing the role of public
health services.
b. employing a large number of civilians to
provide care to returning soldiers through
the Red Cross.
c. introducing specialists in nursing such as
nurse anesthetists.
d. increasing the number of community
health nurses.
, ANS: C
World War I offered nurses a chance to enter into new fields of specialization, as is seen in the
example of nurse anesthetists, who became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 11
7. The primary purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935 was to:
a. increase research that focused on minority
groups.
b. provide medical care for chemically
impaired persons.
c. ensure health care for older adults through
a national insurance system.
d. decrease the public‘s financial burden by
limiting services offered by local health
departments.
ANS: C
By providing health insurance for older adults, the Social Security Act of 1935 set the precedent
for the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Acts that followed in 1965, but the act also
provided maternal and child welfare services, rehabilitation for the mentally and physically
challenged, medical care for blind individuals and crippled children, and unemployment benefits.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 12
8. A client asks the nurse, ―Can you explain Medicare, an amendment to the Social Security Act?‖
The nurse responds that Medicare:
a. led to many hospital closings, along with a
decrease in acute care hospital–based
nursing care.
b. provided medical insurance to those
younger adults or children who were not
eligible for private insurance because of
catastrophic illnesses such as cancer.
c. provided preventive care for women,
infants, and children.
d. ensured that individuals ages 65 and older
and those with end-stage renal disease or
permanent disabilities had health care
insurance.
ANS: D
, The Medicare program provides hospital insurance, Part A, and medical insurance, Part B, to all
people ages 65 and older who are eligible to receive Social Security benefits; people with total,
permanent disabilities; and people with end-stage renal disease.
DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 14
9. A comparison of nursing in the 1980s to nursing in the 1990s reveals that:
a. in the 1990s nursing experienced a
significant reduction occurred in
preventable diseases caused by
unsafe/unhealthy lifestyles.
b. tuberculosis was the primary concern for
nursing in the 1980s, whereas the AIDS
epidemic emerged and was its focus
during the 1990s.
c. a decrease in ambulatory services in the
1980s prompted an increase in public
health nurses in the 1990s.
d. the demand for advanced practice nurses
increased in the 1980s and the 1990s as a
result of the economy and concern about
the health of the nation.
ANS: D
The numbers of advanced nurse practitioners increased as evidence of their cost-effectiveness as
providers of primary and preventive health care became established.
DIF: Comprehension REF: pp. 16-17
10. Which statement accurately describes the historical perspective of nursing practice?
a. Nursing has existed to meet the needs of
populations, individuals, and aggregates
by providing care that is determined by
the needs and beliefs of society in
different historical contexts.
b. As men began to become interested in
nursing, it changed into a respected
profession based on scientific fact rather
than superstition.
c. Nursing has historically accepted
individuals from all social and ethnic
backgrounds.
d. The United States has led the way
throughout history to advance nursing and
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