Test Bank for Contemporary Nursing, Issues, Trends, & Management, 9th Edition by Barbara Cherry
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Contemporary Nursing
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Contemporary Nursing
Test Bank for Contemporary Nursing, Issues, Trends, & Management 9e 9th Edition by Barbara Cherry, Susan R. Jacob. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 28
Unit 1: The Development of Nursing
1.The Evolution of Professional Nursing 2. The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursin...
1.Which group in early civilization __________ is credited with
developing a pharmacopeia to classify more than 700 drugs used in
caring for the sick?
ANS: Egyptians, A pharmacopoeia that classified more than 700 drugs was
written by the Egyptians to assist in the care and management of disease.
PTS: 1
DIF: Knowledge
OTH: Completion
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What accomplishment is Clara Barton best 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 was founded by Clara Barton in 1882, to be of
assistance in efforts to provide supplies to the battlefields and hospitals.
Barton also sets up a postwar service to find missing soldiers.
PTS: 1
DIF: Knowledge
OTH: MultipleChoice
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 piece
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.
PTS: 1
DIF: Knowledge
OTH: MultipleChoice
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.
PTS: 1
DIF: Knowledge
OTH: MultipleChoice
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 was a pioneer in public health nursing, and is best known
for the development and establishment of the first viable practice for
public health nurses.
PTS: 1
DIF: Comprehension
OTH: MultipleChoice
,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 Williams and Frances Rose are listed as nurses in the City of
Baltimore Directory
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
1840-Two black women, Mary Williams and Frances Rose, who
founded Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross, are listed as nurses in the
City of Baltimore Directory.
PTS: 1
DIF: Comprehension
OTH: MultipleChoice
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 new fields of
specialization, as is seen in the example of nurse anesthetists, who
became part of surgical teams at the front lines.
PTS: 1
DIF: Comprehension
OTH: MultipleChoice
, 7. What was an original purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?
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.
PTS: 1
DIF: Comprehension
OTH: MultipleChoice
8.A client asks the nurse, "Can you explain the amendment to the Social
Security Act called Title XVIII to me?" The nurse demonstrates an
understanding of this legislation when providing what response?
a. It led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care
hospital–based nursing care.
b. It provided medical insurance to those younger adults or children who
were not eligible for private insurance because of catastrophic illnesses
such as cancer.
c. It provided preventive care for women, infants, and children.
d. It ensured that individuals with end-stage renal disease had health care
insurance.
ANS: d
The Medicare program provides hospital insurance, Part A, and medical
insurance, Part B, to all people aged 65 and older who are eligible to
receive Social Security benefits; people with total, permanent
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