Stanhope Ch 2
A nurse is considering applying for a position as a public health nurse. Which of the following
would be a reason this position would be appealing?
a) Its autonomy and independence
b) Its focus on acute care and immediately visible outcomes
c) Its collaboration with other healthcare professionals
d) Its flexibility and higher wages - correct answer-A
Unlike in-patient nursing, in which there are other healthcare professionals with staff with
whom to interact, public health nursing is know for its autonomy and independence.
The Elizabeth Poor Law of 1601 is similar to which current law?
a) Welfare
b) Food stamps
c) Medicaid
d) Medicare - correct answer-C
The Poor Law guaranteed medical care for poor, blind, and "lame" individuals, similar to
Medicaid.
How did the Industrial Revolution result in previous caregiving approaches, such as care by
families, friends, and neighbors, becoming inadequate?
a) Economic and political wars resulted in frequent death and injuries
b) Incredible plagues consistently and constantly swept the European continent
c) Migration and urbanization resulted in increased demand for care
d) Caregivers could easily find other employment, so they demanded to be paid - correct
answer-C
Care become inadequate because of the social changes in Europe, with great advances in
transportation, communication, and other technologies. The increased mobility led to
migration and urbanization, which in turn led to increased need for care.
,A colonist is working in the public health sector in early colonial America. Which of the
following activities would have likely been completed?
a) Establishing schools of nursing
b) Developing vaccines to administer to large number of people
c) Collecting vital statistics and improving sanitation
d) Developing public housing and almshouses - correct answer-C
The other choices are events that happened after the colonial period.
Why did American citizens become interested in establishing government-controlled boards
of health?
a) They were afraid of infectious diseases such as yellow fever
b) The government could force the poverty-stricken to accept care
c) Such boards could tax and thereby ensure adequate funds to pay for care
d) Such as system would allow for accurate records of births and deaths - correct answer-A
Threat of disease, especially yellow fever, led to public interest in establishing
government-sponsored, or official, boards of health.
A nurse was employed by the Marine Hospital Service in 1800. Which of the following
interventions would the nurse most likely have completed?
a) Setting policy on quarantine legislation for immigrants
b) Establishing hospital-based programs to care for the sick at home
c) Identifying and improving environmental conditions
d) Providing health care for merchant seamen - correct answer-D
Providing healthcare to seamen was an early effort by the federal government to improve
public health. The purpose of the Marine Hospital Service was to secure its maritime trade
and seacost cities.
What was the outcome of the Shattuck Report?
a) Efforts to control alcohol and drug abuse, as well as tobacco use, were initiated
b) Environmental sanitation efforts became an immediate priority
, c) Guidelines for modern public health organizations were eventually developed
d) Local and state governments established boards of health after its publication - correct
answer-C
It took 19 years for the first of Shattuck's recommendations to be implemented, but his report
was the first effort to create a modern public health organization.
Which of the following nurses is famous for creating public health nursing in the United
States?
a) Florence Nightingale
b) Frances Root
c) Lillian Wald
d) Mrs. Solomon Loeb - correct answer-C
Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement and later emerged as the established
leader of public health nursing during its early decades.
Which of the following would have been the focus of a school nurse in the early 20th
century?
a) Investing causes of absenteeism
b) Teaching school as well as being a nurse
c) Promoting nursing as an autonomous practice
d) Providing medical treatment to enable children to return to school - correct answer-A
Early school nursing focused on investigating causes of absenteeism, not providing medical
treatment. That was the responsibility of physicians.
A nurse is reviewing the original work of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing.
Which of the following accomplishments of today was started with this organization?
a) Requiring that public health nurses have a baccalaureate degree in nursing
b) Standardizing public health nursing education
c) Developing nursing cooperatives
d) Opening the Henry Street Settlement - correct answer-B
A nurse is considering applying for a position as a public health nurse. Which of the following
would be a reason this position would be appealing?
a) Its autonomy and independence
b) Its focus on acute care and immediately visible outcomes
c) Its collaboration with other healthcare professionals
d) Its flexibility and higher wages - correct answer-A
Unlike in-patient nursing, in which there are other healthcare professionals with staff with
whom to interact, public health nursing is know for its autonomy and independence.
The Elizabeth Poor Law of 1601 is similar to which current law?
a) Welfare
b) Food stamps
c) Medicaid
d) Medicare - correct answer-C
The Poor Law guaranteed medical care for poor, blind, and "lame" individuals, similar to
Medicaid.
How did the Industrial Revolution result in previous caregiving approaches, such as care by
families, friends, and neighbors, becoming inadequate?
a) Economic and political wars resulted in frequent death and injuries
b) Incredible plagues consistently and constantly swept the European continent
c) Migration and urbanization resulted in increased demand for care
d) Caregivers could easily find other employment, so they demanded to be paid - correct
answer-C
Care become inadequate because of the social changes in Europe, with great advances in
transportation, communication, and other technologies. The increased mobility led to
migration and urbanization, which in turn led to increased need for care.
,A colonist is working in the public health sector in early colonial America. Which of the
following activities would have likely been completed?
a) Establishing schools of nursing
b) Developing vaccines to administer to large number of people
c) Collecting vital statistics and improving sanitation
d) Developing public housing and almshouses - correct answer-C
The other choices are events that happened after the colonial period.
Why did American citizens become interested in establishing government-controlled boards
of health?
a) They were afraid of infectious diseases such as yellow fever
b) The government could force the poverty-stricken to accept care
c) Such boards could tax and thereby ensure adequate funds to pay for care
d) Such as system would allow for accurate records of births and deaths - correct answer-A
Threat of disease, especially yellow fever, led to public interest in establishing
government-sponsored, or official, boards of health.
A nurse was employed by the Marine Hospital Service in 1800. Which of the following
interventions would the nurse most likely have completed?
a) Setting policy on quarantine legislation for immigrants
b) Establishing hospital-based programs to care for the sick at home
c) Identifying and improving environmental conditions
d) Providing health care for merchant seamen - correct answer-D
Providing healthcare to seamen was an early effort by the federal government to improve
public health. The purpose of the Marine Hospital Service was to secure its maritime trade
and seacost cities.
What was the outcome of the Shattuck Report?
a) Efforts to control alcohol and drug abuse, as well as tobacco use, were initiated
b) Environmental sanitation efforts became an immediate priority
, c) Guidelines for modern public health organizations were eventually developed
d) Local and state governments established boards of health after its publication - correct
answer-C
It took 19 years for the first of Shattuck's recommendations to be implemented, but his report
was the first effort to create a modern public health organization.
Which of the following nurses is famous for creating public health nursing in the United
States?
a) Florence Nightingale
b) Frances Root
c) Lillian Wald
d) Mrs. Solomon Loeb - correct answer-C
Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement and later emerged as the established
leader of public health nursing during its early decades.
Which of the following would have been the focus of a school nurse in the early 20th
century?
a) Investing causes of absenteeism
b) Teaching school as well as being a nurse
c) Promoting nursing as an autonomous practice
d) Providing medical treatment to enable children to return to school - correct answer-A
Early school nursing focused on investigating causes of absenteeism, not providing medical
treatment. That was the responsibility of physicians.
A nurse is reviewing the original work of the National Organization for Public Health Nursing.
Which of the following accomplishments of today was started with this organization?
a) Requiring that public health nurses have a baccalaureate degree in nursing
b) Standardizing public health nursing education
c) Developing nursing cooperatives
d) Opening the Henry Street Settlement - correct answer-B
