The Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 is similar to which current law?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The Elizabethan Poor Law guaranteed medical care for poor, blind, and 'lame' individuals, similar to Medicaid. Welfare (A) and food stamps (B) do not provide for medical care. Medicare (D) provides medical care to primarily the elderly population.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Providing health care to seamen was an early effort by the federal government to improve public health via the Marine Hospital Service, established in 1798 to secure maritime trade. Nurses didn’t set quarantine policy (A), home care programs started later (B), and environmental improvements were broader board responsibilities (C).

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement and emerged as the leader of public health nursing in the U.S. Nightingale (A) worked in the UK, Root (B) was an early visiting nurse, and Loeb (D) was a supporter, not a nurse.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The National Organization for Public Health Nursing sought to standardize education and service standards. The Henry Street Settlement (D) was Wald’s work, competencies (C) came later via the Quad Council, and baccalaureate requirements (A) developed later.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: APHA facilitates interprofessional efforts and provides a forum for nurses via its Public Health Nursing Section, not just medical concerns (A), all specialties (B), or only education (D).