Question 1

Which of the following interventions was the first step in controlling the incidence of tuberculosis (TB)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Institutions were required to report TB cases. 
B)  Federal funding was devoted to seeking TB causes and cures. 
C)  Physicians began surveillance of TB cases. 
D)  States built large public hospitals to treat patients with TB. 
A)  Institutions were required to report TB cases. 
B)  Federal funding was devoted to seeking TB causes and cures. 
C)  Physicians began surveillance of TB cases. 
D)  States built large public hospitals to treat patients with TB. A

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the district nursing service created in the United States by Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster?

Accepted Answer

A)  House on Henry Street 
B)  Visiting Nurses Association 
C)  New York City District Nursing Service 
D)  Wald and Brewster Nursing Service 
A)  House on Henry Street 
B)  Visiting Nurses Association 
C)  New York City District Nursing Service 
D)  Wald and Brewster Nursing Service A

Question 3

Which of the following tool(s) were used by Florence Nightingale to create change? (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Her incredible beauty and personality 
B)  Influence of all the nurses Nightingale trained 
C)  Political advocacy 
D)  Publication of treated soldiers' death rate changed from 42% to 2% 
E)  Use of statistics to demonstrate the effectiveness of her interventions
F) Wealth of her family and relatives 
A)  Her incredible beauty and personality 
B)  Influence of all the nurses Nightingale trained 
C)  Political advocacy 
D)  Publication of treated soldiers' death rate changed from 42% to 2% 
E)  Use of statistics to demonstrate the effectiveness of her interventions
F) Wealth of her family and relatives C, D, E

Question 4

How did Edwin Chadwick's ideas help decrease disease in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The minimum wage was increased leading to improved quality of life. 
B)  Parish workhouses where poverty-level children labored for their room and board were closed. 
C)  Social reform legislation resulted in changes such as sidewalks. 
D)  The new emphasis on individual responsibility encouraged people to act to protect their own health. 
A)  The minimum wage was increased leading to improved quality of life. 
B)  Parish workhouses where poverty-level children labored for their room and board were closed. 
C)  Social reform legislation resulted in changes such as sidewalks. 
D)  The new emphasis on individual responsibility encouraged people to act to protect their own health.

Question 5

Which of the following best describes how John Snow was able to decrease deaths from cholera?

Accepted Answer

A)  Removed a source of contaminated water 
B)  Created the world's first antibiotic 
C)  Encouraged the new process of vaccination 
D)  Helped pass laws that required home quarantine 
A)  Removed a source of contaminated water 
B)  Created the world's first antibiotic 
C)  Encouraged the new process of vaccination 
D)  Helped pass laws that required home quarantine

Question 6

Which of the following did Lillian Wald help establish?

Accepted Answer

A)  Child employment centers with shortened work days 
B)  Daycare centers for preschool-aged children 
C)  Nurseries for infants of working mothers 
D)  School health nursing for school-aged children 
A)  Child employment centers with shortened work days 
B)  Daycare centers for preschool-aged children 
C)  Nurseries for infants of working mothers 
D)  School health nursing for school-aged children

Question 7

Which of the following statements best describes the increase in life expectancy among Americans during the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to advances in medical technology. 
B)  Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to public health efforts. 
C)  Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to improved physician education. 
D)  Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to increased access to care. 
A)  Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to advances in medical technology. 
B)  Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to public health efforts. 
C)  Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to improved physician education. 
D)  Life expectancy increased by 30 years; the majority can be attributed to increased access to care.

Question 8

Which of the following best describes a modern public health practice that was originally developed as a means of self-protection from the Black Death (bubonic plague)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Care in a hospital 
B)  Chemical intervention 
C)  Isolation and quarantine 
D)  Herbal remedies 
A)  Care in a hospital 
B)  Chemical intervention 
C)  Isolation and quarantine 
D)  Herbal remedies

Question 9

Which of the following statements best summarizes Wald and Brewster's approach to home nursing?

Accepted Answer

A)  "All services all the time" 
B)  "Helping people to help themselves" 
C)  "One person, one family, at a time" 
D)  "Your home or ours" 
A)  "All services all the time" 
B)  "Helping people to help themselves" 
C)  "One person, one family, at a time" 
D)  "Your home or ours"

Question 10

Which of the following groups was primarily responsible for the establishment of the first school of public health?

Accepted Answer

A)  The American Medical Association 
B)  The Association of State Departments of Public Health 
C)  The federal government 
D)  The Rockefeller Foundation 
A)  The American Medical Association 
B)  The Association of State Departments of Public Health 
C)  The federal government 
D)  The Rockefeller Foundation

Question 11

Which of the following best describes why folk healers are used by many people? (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Folk healers are often effective. 
B)  Folk healers do not charge for their efforts. 
C)  Folk healers integrate religion and medicine. 
D)  Folk healers use media very effectively. 
E)  Folk healers may involve the whole family.
F) Many physicians recommend folk healers. 
A)  Folk healers are often effective. 
B)  Folk healers do not charge for their efforts. 
C)  Folk healers integrate religion and medicine. 
D)  Folk healers use media very effectively. 
E)  Folk healers may involve the whole family.
F) Many physicians recommend folk healers.

Question 12

Which of the following statements best explains the continued incidence of infectious disease in the United States today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Illness theory explains that there are many causes of illness resulting from environmental conditions. 
B)  No single theory adequately explains why a particular person gets a particular illness at a particular time. 
C)  The germ theory explains that a specific infection is caused solely by the invasion of particular bacteria. 
D)  The theory of susceptibility states that an individual only gets ill when there is extensive stress in his or her life. 
A)  Illness theory explains that there are many causes of illness resulting from environmental conditions. 
B)  No single theory adequately explains why a particular person gets a particular illness at a particular time. 
C)  The germ theory explains that a specific infection is caused solely by the invasion of particular bacteria. 
D)  The theory of susceptibility states that an individual only gets ill when there is extensive stress in his or her life.

Question 13

Which of the following were the chief factors that led to the creation and growth of Blue Cross hospital insurance? (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Hospitals banded together, and their leaders encouraged such plans. 
B)  Hospitals thought such a plan would allow them to expand further and faster. 
C)  It was an employer alternative to increasing employee pay compensation. 
D)  Nurses fought for the right of all citizens to purchase insurance as desired. 
E)  Physicians were concerned with nonpayment of their office fees.
F) Politicians encouraged this alternative to government-supported health care. 
A)  Hospitals banded together, and their leaders encouraged such plans. 
B)  Hospitals thought such a plan would allow them to expand further and faster. 
C)  It was an employer alternative to increasing employee pay compensation. 
D)  Nurses fought for the right of all citizens to purchase insurance as desired. 
E)  Physicians were concerned with nonpayment of their office fees.
F) Politicians encouraged this alternative to government-supported health care.

Question 14

Which of the following is a major challenge for health care provider education today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ensuring that research findings related to families and groups are included in the curriculum 
B)  Expanding the curriculum to allow additional experiences in community health settings outside the hospital 
C)  Increasing course emphasis on environmental influences on health 
D)  Refocusing the curriculum from care of the individual to needs of aggregates 
A)  Ensuring that research findings related to families and groups are included in the curriculum 
B)  Expanding the curriculum to allow additional experiences in community health settings outside the hospital 
C)  Increasing course emphasis on environmental influences on health 
D)  Refocusing the curriculum from care of the individual to needs of aggregates

Question 15

What current emphases are focusing attention on public health? (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Cost containment and managed care models 
B)  Focus on disease prevention and health promotion 
C)  Increased funding for care of chronic diseases 
D)  Liberal politicians encouraging public health as part of a national health reform 
E)  Movies showing national disasters and government lack of preparedness
F) Shortage of the H1N1 flu vaccine 
A)  Cost containment and managed care models 
B)  Focus on disease prevention and health promotion 
C)  Increased funding for care of chronic diseases 
D)  Liberal politicians encouraging public health as part of a national health reform 
E)  Movies showing national disasters and government lack of preparedness
F) Shortage of the H1N1 flu vaccine

Question 16

Which of the following best describes an innovation introduced by the Romans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Citizenship duties 
B)  Daily street cleaning 
C)  Hospitals and nursing homes 
D)  Daily exercise 
A)  Citizenship duties 
B)  Daily street cleaning 
C)  Hospitals and nursing homes 
D)  Daily exercise

Question 17

A family living in England in 1860 was part of the community where district nursing was implemented. Who would most likely have seen this family?

Accepted Answer

A)  A social worker and a nurse 
B)  A health teacher and a nurse 
C)  A nurse 
D)  A physician and a nurse 
A)  A social worker and a nurse 
B)  A health teacher and a nurse 
C)  A nurse 
D)  A physician and a nurse

Question 18

Which of the following best describes the overall result of Abraham Flexner's report?

Accepted Answer

A)  All medical schools reorganized into the German model. 
B)  Citizens were encouraged to become more involved in medical education. 
C)  Folk healers again became more widely used than physicians. 
D)  Funding was withdrawn from weak medical schools. 
A)  All medical schools reorganized into the German model. 
B)  Citizens were encouraged to become more involved in medical education. 
C)  Folk healers again became more widely used than physicians. 
D)  Funding was withdrawn from weak medical schools.

Question 19

Which of the following best describes the primary focus of health care efforts in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Acute illnesses and trauma 
B)  Chronic diseases 
C)  Diarrhea and starvation 
D)  Infectious diseases 
A)  Acute illnesses and trauma 
B)  Chronic diseases 
C)  Diarrhea and starvation 
D)  Infectious diseases

Question 20

Which of the following best describes how Nightingale responded to challenges about her suggestions for reform of health care?

Accepted Answer

A)  She influenced male friends as political leaders to publicize her ideas. 
B)  She conveyed her statistical data in more detail and depth, and shared it with political leaders. 
C)  She encouraged those who challenged her to come up with more acceptable approaches to lowering the death rate. 
D)  She understood their concerns and tried to word her suggestions in a more politically acceptable way. 
A)  She influenced male friends as political leaders to publicize her ideas. 
B)  She conveyed her statistical data in more detail and depth, and shared it with political leaders. 
C)  She encouraged those who challenged her to come up with more acceptable approaches to lowering the death rate. 
D)  She understood their concerns and tried to word her suggestions in a more politically acceptable way.

Exam 2: Historical Factors: Community Health Nursing in Context

Which of the following interventions was the first step in controlling the incidence of tuberculosis (TB)?

Which of the following best describes the district nursing service created in the United States by Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster?

Which of the following tool(s) were used by Florence Nightingale to create change? (Select all that apply.)

How did Edwin Chadwick's ideas help decrease disease in the nineteenth century?

Which of the following best describes how John Snow was able to decrease deaths from cholera?

Which of the following did Lillian Wald help establish?

Which of the following statements best describes the increase in life expectancy among Americans during the twentieth century?

Which of the following best describes a modern public health practice that was originally developed as a means of self-protection from the Black Death (bubonic plague)?

Which of the following statements best summarizes Wald and Brewster's approach to home nursing?

Which of the following groups was primarily responsible for the establishment of the first school of public health?

Which of the following best describes why folk healers are used by many people? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following statements best explains the continued incidence of infectious disease in the United States today?

Which of the following were the chief factors that led to the creation and growth of Blue Cross hospital insurance? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following is a major challenge for health care provider education today?

What current emphases are focusing attention on public health? (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following best describes an innovation introduced by the Romans?

A family living in England in 1860 was part of the community where district nursing was implemented. Who would most likely have seen this family?

Which of the following best describes the overall result of Abraham Flexner's report?

Which of the following best describes the primary focus of health care efforts in the United States?

Which of the following best describes how Nightingale responded to challenges about her suggestions for reform of health care?

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