The single most important reason for the decline in the number of hospital-based diploma programs was
a. shift in hospital occupancy from acute care to home care.
b. increase in hospital-based medical residency programs competing for educational dollars.
c. beginning of associate degree programs that were shorter in length.
d. diploma education's position outside the mainstream of higher education.
The 1948 Brown Report recommended which of the following?
a. Limit enrollment of men and minorities in nursing programs.
b. Students admitted to nursing programs should not be required to meet admission requirements of the university.
c. Schools of nursing should be associated with teaching hospitals.
d. Schools of nursing should be located in institutions of higher learning.
Which American university opened the first nursing school as a separate department within the university?
a. Harvard
b. Teachers College
c. Columbia
d. Yale
Which of the following recommendations resulting from the 1934 study Nursing Schools Today and Tomorrow still has relevance today?
a. Nursing students should be trained on the job.
b. Nursing students should be used to staff hospitals on the weekends.
c. Nurses should be highly educated.
d. Nurses with highly developed instincts do not require standards of practice.
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