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EAugust

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Why were nurses so unprepared for public health nursing in the early twentieth century?
 
  a. Community health nursing had not yet been created as a field.
  b. No one would teach the nurses how to engage in public health activities.
  c. Nightingale's textbook did not include content on public health nursing.
  d. Nurses were educated in diploma schools, which focused on hospital nursing.

Question 2

Which of the following would have been the focus of a school nurse in the early 20th century?
 
  a. Investigating causes of absenteeism
  b. Teaching school as well as being a nurse
  c. Promoting nursing as an autonomous practice
  d. Providing medical treatment to enable children to return to school


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jaymee143

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Early school nursing focused on investigating causes of absenteeism, not providing medical treatment. That was the responsibility of physicians.


EAugust

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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