Exam 2: The History and Social Context of Nursing

A shift in population growth is expected to place stress on nursing resources. Which age-group is expected to experience the greatest population growth in the next decade?

In 2002 which major American corporation partnered with nursing to design a media campaign to promote the image of nursing?

A recent trend in nursing has been an increase in the number of men and women with degrees in other fields or other careers applying to nursing programs. What is the single most important reason for this trend?

What was the most significant impact on the profession of nursing made by Mary Breckenridge in her role as a frontier nurse?

Despite the caring efforts of early public health nurses in the Henry Street Settlement, racial disparity left many people underserved. Which of the following African-American public health nurses was instrumental in providing excellent nursing care to underserved families despite these social challenges?

Which of the following was an unsuccessful attempt by the American Medical Association (AMA) to alleviate the nursing shortage of the time?

In which practice area was the first clinical nurse specialist (CNS) role developed?

Which one of the following events occurring during the first decade of the twentieth century brought sweeping changes to nursing?

Which early nursing leader founded the first training school for nurses that would later become a model for early nursing education?

What were some of the application requirements of nursing education programs in the 1900s?

To which early nursing leader is attributed the founding of the American Red Cross?

When surveyed, what is the primary reason given by men for entering nursing?

When surveyed, which profession was chosen by the general public as highest in honesty and ethics?

During the Great Depression, staffing of hospitals changed with an impact lasting to the current day. What was this change?

Historically, one solution that attempted to correct the shortage of RNs was to increase the supply of nurses. Means of increasing the supply of nurses included (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following statements best describes how the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 became a pivotal point in the history of nursing education in the United States?

Provisions of the Affordable Care Act include (Select all that apply.)

Florence Nightingale is often credited as being the first nurse researcher. This designation is based on

Margaret Sanger, as a nurse and activist, worked on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early 1900s with immigrant women. What was the focus of her work?

Which of the following trends in health care delivery that began in the second half of the twentieth century continues today?