CONTEMPORARY NURSING 8TH
EDITION EXAM
1. Clara Barton is best known for:
a. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement
b. ✅ Founding the American Red Cross in 1882 to assist in providing supplies to
battlefields and hospitals
c. Advancing caregiver anesthesia
d. Leading public health reforms
2. The Hill-Burton Act aimed to:
a. ✅ Provide funding to construct hospitals and assist states in planning health care
facilities according to community needs
b. Establish Medicare
c. Fund nursing education
d. Provide home health care
3. Lillian Wald is recognized as:
a. Founder of the Red Cross
b. ✅ Pioneer in public health nursing, establishing the Henry Street Settlement
c. Developer of caregiver anesthesia
d. Creator of Social Security Act
4. The Social Security Act of 1935:
a. ✅ Provided health insurance for older adults and set the precedent for Medicare and
Medicaid Acts in 1965, along with maternal and child welfare services
b. Funded hospital construction
c. Established caregiver practitioner programs
d. Was limited to unemployment benefits only
5. World War I contributed to nursing by:
a. ✅ Allowing caregivers to enter new fields of specialization, such as caregiver
anesthetists
b. Decreasing nursing employment
c. Limiting caregiver education
d. Expanding home care only
6. Mary Williams and Frances Rose were:
a. Founders of the Red Cross
b. ✅ Black women who founded Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross and listed as
caregivers in Baltimore in 1840
c. Early public health advocates
d. Civil War caregivers only
7. Historical recognition of blacks in nursing first occurred through:
a. Participation in the Civil War
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, b. ✅ Contributions of black caregivers at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
America
c. Leadership in nursing education
d. Founding nursing associations
8. Title XVIII of the Social Security Act ensured:
a. Funding for hospitals
b. ✅ Health care insurance for individuals with end-stage renal disease through
Medicare
c. Nursing school scholarships
d. Veteran health coverage
9. Nursing in the 1980s vs 1990s showed:
a. Decreased demand for caregivers
b. ✅ Increased demand for advanced practice caregivers due to economic concerns and
health needs
c. Limited technological use
d. Decline in specialization
10. The historical perspective of nursing practice emphasizes that:
a. Caregivers primarily follow doctors
b. ✅ Nursing exists to meet societal needs by providing care based on beliefs
throughout history
c. Caregivers only provide bedside care
d. Nursing evolved only in hospitals
11. The use of herbs in health care originated:
a. ✅ In prehistoric times, tribes used herbs to treat disease, continuing into the Middle
Ages
b. During the Renaissance
c. In modern hospitals
d. Only in Asia
12. Prehistoric health care practices often involved:
a. Vaccinations
b. ✅ Rituals and dances to scare away evil spirits believed to cause illness
c. Surgery
d. Hospital care
13. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE):
a. Accredits all nursing programs worldwide
b. ✅ Exclusively accredits baccalaureate and graduate-degree nursing programs
c. Regulates nursing practice
d. Provides continuing education only
14. Healthy People 2000 aimed to:
a. Increase hospital beds
b. ✅ Reduce preventable deaths by promoting health and preventing disease
c. Fund nursing research
d. Expand surgical techniques
15. Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2011 message emphasized:
a. ✅ Policy should be based on data to support decision making
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, b. Decreasing caregiver workload
c. Expanding technology only
d. Limiting public health interventions
16. The Affordable Care Act of 2011:
a. ✅ Made insurance coverage possible for millions who previously lacked or were
denied coverage
b. Reduced hospital funding
c. Established nursing licensure
d. Replaced Medicaid
17. Civil War nursing care focused primarily on:
a. Surgery
b. ✅ Epidemics such as smallpox and typhoid
c. Community health
d. Prenatal care
18. 21st century nursing challenges include:
a. ✅ Caring for an aging population, increased client acuity, expanding technology, and
diverse client populations
b. Decreased client complexity
c. Reduced technology
d. Limited collaboration
19. Preventive health measures historically stressed by caregivers aimed to:
a. ✅ Reduce preventable diseases and the spread of infections
b. Focus on surgical care
c. Provide medications only
d. Train physicians
20. Surgical nursing advancements were mainly during:
a. Civil War
b. ✅ Renaissance; however, nursing education in surgery was limited
c. 20th century
d. Prehistoric times
21. Egyptians are credited with:
a. Developing vaccinations
b. ✅ A pharmacopeia classifying over 700 drugs for client care
c. Modern hospital systems
d. Public health nursing
22. Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) after WWII:
a. Limited caregiver involvement
b. ✅ Provided practice in advanced medical and surgical techniques
c. Only served civilians
d. Focused on public health
23. Nursing care during the Crimean War improved:
a. ✅ Housing of soldiers through sanitary reforms pushed by Florence Nightingale
b. Medication distribution
c. Hospital construction only
d. Surgical care exclusively
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EDITION EXAM
1. Clara Barton is best known for:
a. Establishing the Henry Street Settlement
b. ✅ Founding the American Red Cross in 1882 to assist in providing supplies to
battlefields and hospitals
c. Advancing caregiver anesthesia
d. Leading public health reforms
2. The Hill-Burton Act aimed to:
a. ✅ Provide funding to construct hospitals and assist states in planning health care
facilities according to community needs
b. Establish Medicare
c. Fund nursing education
d. Provide home health care
3. Lillian Wald is recognized as:
a. Founder of the Red Cross
b. ✅ Pioneer in public health nursing, establishing the Henry Street Settlement
c. Developer of caregiver anesthesia
d. Creator of Social Security Act
4. The Social Security Act of 1935:
a. ✅ Provided health insurance for older adults and set the precedent for Medicare and
Medicaid Acts in 1965, along with maternal and child welfare services
b. Funded hospital construction
c. Established caregiver practitioner programs
d. Was limited to unemployment benefits only
5. World War I contributed to nursing by:
a. ✅ Allowing caregivers to enter new fields of specialization, such as caregiver
anesthetists
b. Decreasing nursing employment
c. Limiting caregiver education
d. Expanding home care only
6. Mary Williams and Frances Rose were:
a. Founders of the Red Cross
b. ✅ Black women who founded Nursing Sisters of the Holy Cross and listed as
caregivers in Baltimore in 1840
c. Early public health advocates
d. Civil War caregivers only
7. Historical recognition of blacks in nursing first occurred through:
a. Participation in the Civil War
1
, b. ✅ Contributions of black caregivers at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in
America
c. Leadership in nursing education
d. Founding nursing associations
8. Title XVIII of the Social Security Act ensured:
a. Funding for hospitals
b. ✅ Health care insurance for individuals with end-stage renal disease through
Medicare
c. Nursing school scholarships
d. Veteran health coverage
9. Nursing in the 1980s vs 1990s showed:
a. Decreased demand for caregivers
b. ✅ Increased demand for advanced practice caregivers due to economic concerns and
health needs
c. Limited technological use
d. Decline in specialization
10. The historical perspective of nursing practice emphasizes that:
a. Caregivers primarily follow doctors
b. ✅ Nursing exists to meet societal needs by providing care based on beliefs
throughout history
c. Caregivers only provide bedside care
d. Nursing evolved only in hospitals
11. The use of herbs in health care originated:
a. ✅ In prehistoric times, tribes used herbs to treat disease, continuing into the Middle
Ages
b. During the Renaissance
c. In modern hospitals
d. Only in Asia
12. Prehistoric health care practices often involved:
a. Vaccinations
b. ✅ Rituals and dances to scare away evil spirits believed to cause illness
c. Surgery
d. Hospital care
13. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE):
a. Accredits all nursing programs worldwide
b. ✅ Exclusively accredits baccalaureate and graduate-degree nursing programs
c. Regulates nursing practice
d. Provides continuing education only
14. Healthy People 2000 aimed to:
a. Increase hospital beds
b. ✅ Reduce preventable deaths by promoting health and preventing disease
c. Fund nursing research
d. Expand surgical techniques
15. Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2011 message emphasized:
a. ✅ Policy should be based on data to support decision making
2
, b. Decreasing caregiver workload
c. Expanding technology only
d. Limiting public health interventions
16. The Affordable Care Act of 2011:
a. ✅ Made insurance coverage possible for millions who previously lacked or were
denied coverage
b. Reduced hospital funding
c. Established nursing licensure
d. Replaced Medicaid
17. Civil War nursing care focused primarily on:
a. Surgery
b. ✅ Epidemics such as smallpox and typhoid
c. Community health
d. Prenatal care
18. 21st century nursing challenges include:
a. ✅ Caring for an aging population, increased client acuity, expanding technology, and
diverse client populations
b. Decreased client complexity
c. Reduced technology
d. Limited collaboration
19. Preventive health measures historically stressed by caregivers aimed to:
a. ✅ Reduce preventable diseases and the spread of infections
b. Focus on surgical care
c. Provide medications only
d. Train physicians
20. Surgical nursing advancements were mainly during:
a. Civil War
b. ✅ Renaissance; however, nursing education in surgery was limited
c. 20th century
d. Prehistoric times
21. Egyptians are credited with:
a. Developing vaccinations
b. ✅ A pharmacopeia classifying over 700 drugs for client care
c. Modern hospital systems
d. Public health nursing
22. Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) after WWII:
a. Limited caregiver involvement
b. ✅ Provided practice in advanced medical and surgical techniques
c. Only served civilians
d. Focused on public health
23. Nursing care during the Crimean War improved:
a. ✅ Housing of soldiers through sanitary reforms pushed by Florence Nightingale
b. Medication distribution
c. Hospital construction only
d. Surgical care exclusively
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