Stamler & Yiu's Community Health Nursing: A Canadian
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, Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
a. Families who could afford to pay
b. Poor and destitute families
c. The community
d. School children
Right Answer: b (page 6)
2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada to combat
communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?
a. Visiting nursing
b. District nursing
c. Private duty nursing
d. Public health nursing
Right Answer: d (page 4)
3. In the early 20th century, health departments were dissolved after a local emergency was over.
Which statement below characterizes the social attitude of the era?
a. Public health was the responsibility of doctors
b. Visiting nurses were responsible for community health
c. The state was not responsible for health care
d. Women should not be working outside of the family
Right Answer: c (page 3)
4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
a. Prevent ill children from becoming dependent citizens
b. Promote the health of all children
c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty
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,d. Treat sick children so they could work and contribute to the family income
Right Answer: b (page 4)
5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
a. The practices of Aboriginal people
b. European settlers who were physicians
c. The wives of surgeons
d. The Grey Nuns-first community nursing
Right Answer: a (page 2)
6. were Canada’s first community nursing order who made significant contributions to
providing access to health services, food, shelter, and education for the most vulnerable:
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. Public Health Nurses
d. School Nurses
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and frontier area)
Right Answer: b (page 3)
7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care was held by
which agency?
a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses-lady aberdeen led the development
c. Indian Health Services
d. Public Health Services
Right Answer: b (page 4)
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, 8. How were public health nurses and home visiting nurses different from nurses employed in other
sectors of the healthcare system?
a. They received less compensation for their services
b. They were dependent on other health care professionals
c. They required post-diploma training at a university
d. They offered services to the elite living in urban districts
Right Answer: c (page 4)
9. Which of the following were the first two public health nursing specialties?
a. TB nursing and school nursing
b. Private duty nursing and TB nursing
c. Home-visiting nursing and school nursing
d. Outpost nursing and school nursing
Right Answer: a (page 4)
10. What was the role of the first public health nurses in Canada?
a. To assess hygiene conditions in the home
b. To conduct well baby clinics
c. To promote breastfeeding of newborn infants
d. To promote health of school children
Right Answer: d (page 4)
11. Which organization is credited for establishing well-baby clinics?
a. The Grey Nuns
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. The Red Cross
d. Provincial Health Departments
Right Answer: c (page 5)
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Perspective 6th Edition by PhD Dosani| TEST BANK
Complete Chapters 1-34| All Chapters Comprising of
Verified Questions with 100% Accurate Answers
Page | 1
, Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
a. Families who could afford to pay
b. Poor and destitute families
c. The community
d. School children
Right Answer: b (page 6)
2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada to combat
communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?
a. Visiting nursing
b. District nursing
c. Private duty nursing
d. Public health nursing
Right Answer: d (page 4)
3. In the early 20th century, health departments were dissolved after a local emergency was over.
Which statement below characterizes the social attitude of the era?
a. Public health was the responsibility of doctors
b. Visiting nurses were responsible for community health
c. The state was not responsible for health care
d. Women should not be working outside of the family
Right Answer: c (page 3)
4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
a. Prevent ill children from becoming dependent citizens
b. Promote the health of all children
c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty
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,d. Treat sick children so they could work and contribute to the family income
Right Answer: b (page 4)
5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
a. The practices of Aboriginal people
b. European settlers who were physicians
c. The wives of surgeons
d. The Grey Nuns-first community nursing
Right Answer: a (page 2)
6. were Canada’s first community nursing order who made significant contributions to
providing access to health services, food, shelter, and education for the most vulnerable:
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. Public Health Nurses
d. School Nurses
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and frontier area)
Right Answer: b (page 3)
7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care was held by
which agency?
a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses-lady aberdeen led the development
c. Indian Health Services
d. Public Health Services
Right Answer: b (page 4)
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, 8. How were public health nurses and home visiting nurses different from nurses employed in other
sectors of the healthcare system?
a. They received less compensation for their services
b. They were dependent on other health care professionals
c. They required post-diploma training at a university
d. They offered services to the elite living in urban districts
Right Answer: c (page 4)
9. Which of the following were the first two public health nursing specialties?
a. TB nursing and school nursing
b. Private duty nursing and TB nursing
c. Home-visiting nursing and school nursing
d. Outpost nursing and school nursing
Right Answer: a (page 4)
10. What was the role of the first public health nurses in Canada?
a. To assess hygiene conditions in the home
b. To conduct well baby clinics
c. To promote breastfeeding of newborn infants
d. To promote health of school children
Right Answer: d (page 4)
11. Which organization is credited for establishing well-baby clinics?
a. The Grey Nuns
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. The Red Cross
d. Provincial Health Departments
Right Answer: c (page 5)
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