Chapter 02: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing Cherry: Contemporary
Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th 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. Sairey 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
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.
Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 9th 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. Sairey 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
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.
