Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8THEdition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What Accomplishment is Clara Barton known for: . Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8TH Edition 2022/2023 Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8TH Edition 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. SELECTED ANSWER: C The American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton in 1882, assisted in efforts to continue public health nursing. DIF: Knowledge REFFER : p. 11 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 of the following pieces of legislation should the student use as a REFFER erence? a. Social Security Act b. Hill-Burton Act c. Sheppard-Towner Act d. U.S. Civil Service Act SELECTED ANSWER: 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. DIF: Knowledge REFFER : p. 13 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. SELECTED ANSWER: D Lillian Wald, a pioneer in public health nursing, is best known for the development and establishment of the Henry Street Settlement. DIF: Knowledge REFFER : p. 6 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 SELECTED ANSWER: A