During the Great Depression, staffing of hospitals changed with an impact lasting to the current day. What was this change?
a. The employment of graduate nurses in hospitals
b. The need for increased private duty nurses and rural health nurses decreased the number of nurses seeking employment in hospitals
c. The opening of more schools of nursing in hospitals
d. The increased number of collegiate schools of nursing, which allowed hospitals to increase the educational requirements for the staff
ANS: A
A
Hospitals were forced to close their schools of nursing; families were no longer able to afford private duty nurses in their homes; and hospitals hired the unemployed graduate nurses to care for the increased numbers of patients seeking care in hospitals.
B
Although there was a need for nurses in rural areas supported by the Civil Works Administration, the number of private duty nurses decreased due to the inability of families to afford them.
C
For economical reasons, hospitals could not afford to fund schools of nursing.
D
Although the number of collegiate schools increased, most nurses in hospitals were prepared in diploma programs.
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