Author Question: The nurse is reviewing public health and health promotion roles for available for nurses. To which ... (Read 141 times)

michelleunicorn · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse is reviewing public health and health promotion roles for available for nurses. To which leader should the nurse attribute the development of these roles?

1. Clara Barton
2. Lillian Wald
3. Mary Brewster
4. Florence Nightingale

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a nurse who provided care to soldiers during the Vietnam War. What information in this patient's history should the nurse use to understand the patient's nursing career?

1. The patient was still a student when serving in the war.
2. The patient's first patient care experiences were during a time of war.
3. The patient decided to leave the profession after serving in the war.
4. The patient contracted long-term illnesses from being overseas in a war.

eliasc0401 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Florence Nightingale's vision of nursing included public health and health promotion roles for nurses, but it was only partly addressed in the early days of nursing. Her focus tended to be on developing the profession within the hospitals. Clara Barton is noted for establishing the American Red Cross. She persuaded Congress to ratify the Treaty of Geneva in 1882 so that the Red Cross could perform humanitarian efforts in times of peace. Lillian Wald is considered the founder of public health nursing. She and Mary Brewster were the first to offer trained nursing services to the poor in the New York slums and developed the Visiting Nurse Service, along with the Henry Street Settlement.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: During the Vietnam War, approximately 11,000 American military women stationed in Vietnam were nurses. Most of them volunteered to go to Vietnam right after they graduated from nursing school, making them the youngest group of medical personnel ever to serve in wartime.