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1. All of the following are true about Associate degreetests conducted during
programs in nursing except: the 1950s indicated that
graduates of ADN pro-
a. ADN programs provided a way to enter nursing for grams lacked the knowl-
men, married women, and mature students. edge and technical skills
to function as registered
b. ADN programs were developed in response to an
nurses.
acute nursing shortage.
c. ADN programs were conceived by Mildred Montag
as the topic of her doctoral dissertation.
d. tests conducted during the 1950s indicated that
graduates of ADN programs lacked the knowledge
and technical skills to function as registered nurses.
2. As a result of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the sought employment in
majority of registered nurses in the U.S.: hospitals, often working
for little or no wages.
a. sought employment in hospitals, often working for
little or no wages.
b. were opposed to government relief efforts to pro-
vide relief to unemployed persons.
c. increasingly found work as self-employed private
duty nurses.
d. decided to leave nursing to seek work in areas
other than health care.
3.
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During the late 19th century, advances in science con- improvement in technol-
tributed to the growth in nursing education because: ogy required educated
nurses for the care of pa-
a. schools of nursing were increasingly relied upon to tients with more complex
aid in the discovery of the causes of disease. conditions.
b. the need for university preparation of professional
nurses had been firmly established.
c. improvement in technology required educated
nurses for the care of patients with more complex
conditions.
d. the hospital was determined to be the only place
where patients should be treated.
4. Florence Nightingale's most significant contribution establishment of the
to the emergence of nursing as a profession was her: Nightingale School of
Nursing at St. Thomas'
a. discovery that dirt, rather than pathogens, is the Hospital.
primary cause of disease.
b. use of political influence to obtain permission to
take a group of nurses to the Crimean War.
c. establishment of the Nightingale School of Nursing
at St. Thomas' Hospital.
d. work with Pastor Fliedner to establish the Dea-
coness Home and Hospital.
5.
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The American Nurses Association Position Paper, stated that the minimum
which was published in 1965, had a significant impact preparation for begin-
on the nursing profession because it: ning professional nurses
should be a baccalaureate
a. reaffirmed that nursing education should occur in degree.
patient care settings, such as hospitals.
b. stated that the minimum preparation for begin-
ning professional nurses should be a baccalaureate
degree.
c. united U.S. nurses in the belief that significant
changes were needed in nursing education.
d. stated that no formal education should be required
for beginning technical nurses who would practice
solely at the patient's bedside.
6. The chief characteristic of early hospital-based student nurses were re-
schools of nursing in the U.S. was that: quired to work long hours
with few formal classes
a. student nurses received an education based on and little clinical supervi-
sound instructional principles. sion.
b. student nurses were required to work long hours
with few formal classes and little clinical supervision.
c. schools of nursing were few in number so that their
quality could be ensured.
d. schools of nursing employed well-educated fac-
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ulty members committed to meeting their students'
needs.
7. The first nurse practice acts passed in the U.S.: were "permissive" laws
that allowed only nurs-
a. allowed anyone in the state to apply for nurse licen- es who were licensed to
sure, regardless of their educational preparation. use the title "Registered
Nurse."
b. barred persons who had not graduated from a
school of nursing from the practice of nursing for pay.
c. were "permissive" laws that allowed only nurses
who were licensed to use the title "Registered Nurse."
d. allowed any person who worked as a nurse for pay
to use the title "Registered Nurse."
8. The primary reason that educated nurses first joined secure the passage of
together to form the precursor to the American Nurs- nurse licensure legislation
es Association was to: in each of the states in the
U.S.
a. require licensure for all graduates of schools of
nursing in the U.S.
b. establish consistency in the curricula of schools of
nursing.
c. secure the passage of nurse licensure legislation in
each of the states in the U.S.
d. establish consistency in the entrance requirements
for schools of nursing.