Author Question: Which of the following nurses convinced the New York Board of Health to place a nurse in the school ... (Read 41 times)

gonzo233 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Which of the following nurses convinced the New York Board of Health to place a nurse in the school system, thus establishing school nursing?

a. Dorothea Dix c. Esther Lucille Brown
b. Lillian Wald d. Anne Goodrich

Question 2

A nurse notes that several of the patients on the unit have ear infections. Most of the children are very young. Children are more prone to ear infections than adults because:

a. The eustachian tube is not patent in infants and young children
b. The eustachian tube is longer in infants than in adults and older children
c. The eustachian tube is narrower than in adults and older children
d. The eustachian tube is straighter than in older children and adults

tashiedavis420 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

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A Incorrect: Dorthea Dix served as superintendent of the Union Army female nurses during the Civil War.
B Correct: Lillian Wald convinced the New York Board of Health to place a nurse in the school system, thus establishing school nursing.
C Incorrect: Ester Lucille Brown concluded in the Brown Report in 1948 that all nursing education programs should be affiliated with universities and have their own budget.
D Incorrect: Anne Goodrich was the originator and dean of the Army School of Nursing and the first dean of Yale University School of Nursing, the first autonomous school of nursing in a university in the United States.

Answer to Question 2

D
The eustachian tube in infants is straighter and shorter than that in older children and adults.