Historically, women were considered the obvious choice for nursing sick patients, because: a. caring for others was an extension of their homemaker role. b. early nurses were nuns, so the public was used to women in nursing. c. men, who had education, were reluctant to try nursing. d. women were of...
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Historically, women were considered the obvious choice for nursing sick patients,
because:
a. caring for others was an extension of their homemaker role.
b. early nurses were nuns, so the public was used to women in nursing.
c. men, who had education, were reluctant to try nursing.
d. women were often at home anyway, so caregiving was easy. ✅A. caring for others
was an extension of their homemaker role.
Florence Nightingale's views about trained nurses were most influenced by her:
a. experiences in wartime.
b. ideas about sanitation.
c. relationships with physicians.
d. view of education. ✅A. experiences in wartime
A nursing instructor explains to students that the major goal of the Society of
Superintendents
of Training Schools for Nurses of the United States and Canada was to:
a. improve working conditions for students.
b. obtain legal recognition for the profession.
c. raise and standardize the training of nurses.
d. reverse discrimination in admissions policies. ✅c. raise and standardize the training
of nurses.
Today's nurse understands that legal recognition for nurses was imperative to:
a. allow nurses to expand beyond the hospital setting.
b. lobby for better wages and working conditions.
c. protect the public from untrained nurses.
d. provide hospitals with accreditation requirements. ✅c. protect the public from
untrained nurses
Which patient would most likely have been cared for in a hospital in the 19th to early
20th
century?
a. Dying patient
b. Contagious patient
c. Homeless patient
d. Woman in labor ✅c. homeless patient
Lillian Wald's contribution to nursing can best be described as the:
a. creation of community health nursing.
b. development of college-based nursing schools.
,c. establishment of the Navy Nurse Corps.
d. foundation of maternal-child nursing. ✅a. creation of community health nursing.
Which event eventually led to the creation of military nursing?
a. American Civil War
b. Spanish-American War
c. World War I
d. World War II ✅b. spanish-american war
A faculty nurse explaining the stratification in nursing roles seen today tells students that
the
most important event leading to this development was:
a. desegregation in nursing.
b. limited nursing opportunities.
c. the Korean conflict.
d. World War II. ✅d. World War II
Discrimination against African-American nurses began to wane during:
a. Kennedy's presidency.
b. the civil rights era.
c. the Vietnam War.
d. World War II. ✅d. World War II
Between the years 1950 and 1967, the number of nurses and assistive personnel rose
dramatically in part as a result of the influence of the:
a. Children's Bureau.
b. Hill-Burton Act.
c. Nurse Training Act.
d. Social Security Act. ✅c. Nurse Training Act
Mildred Montag's major contribution to nursing is considered to be:
a. encouraging minority women and men to enter nursing.
b. establishing associate degree nursing programs.
c. fighting for improved wages and recognition for nurses.
d. paving the way for the military to use trained nurses. ✅B. establishing associate
degree nursing programs.
Which nursing organizations are responsible for providing continuing education,
establishing
practice standards, and offering certification examinations for their members?
a. Councils of nurse educators
b. National specialty organizations
c. State boards of nursing
d. State nurses associations ✅b. National specialty organizations
, What influence did Loretta Ford and Henry Silver have on the nursing profession?
a. Advocated for laws allowing autonomous practice
b. Created a major scholarship for nursing education
c. Designed the first doctoral nursing program
d. Opened the first nurse practitioner program ✅D. opened the first nurse practitioner
program
What change is anticipated that will guide advanced practice nursing roles?
a. Changes in federal funding for advanced education
b. Declining demand for advanced practice roles
c. Requirement of a doctor of nursing practice
d. Third-party payer restrictions on this type of practice ✅C. Requirement of a doctor of
nursing practice.
Benefits of the apprenticeship model of nursing education included: (Select all that
apply.)
a. a well-trained graduate nursing hospital staff.
b. opportunities for further education in nursing.
c. providing a skilled but inexpensive workforce.
d. providing working-class women employment.
e. reforms in the care of sick and injured individuals. ✅C. Providing a skilled but
inexpensive workforce.
D. providing working-class women employment
E. reforms in the care of sick and injured individuals.
When nursing registration laws were enacted, a "registered nurse" was defined as
someone
who had: (Select all that apply.)
a. attended an acceptable nursing program.
b. fit the definition of a professional nurse.
c. had not been convicted of any felonies.
d. passed a board evaluation examination.
e. studied under a standardized curriculum. ✅A. attended an acceptable nursing
program
D. passed a board evaluation examination.
Nurses in private duty positions faced several hardships, including: (Select all that
apply.)
a. a shortage of nurses as schools limited enrollment.
b. a surplus of nurses starting in the mid-1920s.
c. employment that was sporadic and seasonal.
d. opportunities primarily working with poorer families.
e. pay that continued to be lower than other jobs. ✅B. a surplus of nurses starting in
the mid-1920s
C. employment that was sporadic and seasonal
E. pay that continued to be lower than other jobs
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