Health care in the United States is best described as
A. Well-coordinated.
B. Affordable.
C. Universally available.
D. Fragmented.
Question 2The ANA provides its members with all but which of the following benefits?
A. Health insurance
B. Scholarships to beginning students
C. Continuing education courses
D. Lobbyists for nurses in governmental issues
Question 3The significant contributions of nurses as promoted by the TriCouncil did not include which of the folloinwg?
A. Nurses as resource people
B. Nurses as health-care coordinators
C. Nurses as expert practitioners
D. Nurses as physician extenders
Question 4In which year did the ANA recommend that the minimum preparation for beginning professional nursing practice be a baccalaureate degree?
A. 1955
B. 1965
C. 1985
D. 1995
Question 5The nursing profession does not regulate itself through which of the following?
A. The Code for Nurses
B. The American Nurses Association
C. The Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice
D. The Nurse Practice Act
Question 6Which nurse leaders used statistics to improve health care? Select all that apply.
A. Virginia Henderson
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Linda Aiken
D. Claire Fagin
Question 7Which characteristics promoted the success of associate degree nursing programs? Select all that apply.
A. They attracted a wide range of nontraditional students.
B. They increased the shift of nursing education from the hospital to institutions of higher learning.
C. They Increased the number of men entering the nursing profession.
D. They eliminated licensed practical nursing/licensed vocational nursing programs.
E. They allowed nursing homes to increase registered nurse staffing.
Question 8During which war did nurses find themselves working in mobile hospital units?
A. World War I
B. Crimean War
C. Korean War
D. Iraq War