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Hands-on Clinic => Nursing and Clinical => Topic started by: dakota nelson on Jul 17, 2018
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Nurses in private duty positions faced several hardships, including (Select all that apply.)
a. a shortage of nurses as schools limited enrollment.
b. a surplus of nurses starting in the mid-1920s.
c. employment that was sporadic and seasonal.
d. opportunities primarily working with poorer families.
e. pay that continued to be lower than other jobs.
Question 2
A nurse wishes to encourage people to vote and energize those who feel strongly about a particular political issue. The nurse would best accomplish this by
a. donating money to a political action committee (PAC).
b. joining the office staff of an involved lobbyist.
c. serving on a national candidate's platform staff.
d. volunteering for a related 527 political group.
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Answer to Question 1
B, C, E
The increased enrollment in schools led to a surplus of graduate nurses.
Because communicable illnesses were often seen in the cooler months, employment for private duty nurses was seasonal.
According to the Geister report (1926), nurses made less money than scrubwomen and worked in mostly short-term private duty cases.
Schools were pressured to increase enrollment as the hospital census began to rise for the first time.
Only the middle to upper class could afford to hire private duty nurses.
Answer to Question 2
D
A 527 political group is usually involved in voter mobilization, issue advocacy, and other political activities that do not call for endorsing a particular candidate.
PACs typically work to raise money, assist in campaigns, and lobby on behalf of special interest groups.
Lobbyists work for special interest groups, often as part of a PAC.
Serving on the platform staff or on a convention staff would not be involved with get out the vote campaigns.