NSG 2113 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Lalonde Report is significant in that it was the first to emphasize what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a
behavioural approach to health
What is the "watershed" document that marked the shift from lifestyle to socioenvironmental approach
to health? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Ottawa Charter
From a socioenvironmental perspective, what are the major determinants of health? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Psychosocial risk factors and socioenvironmental risk factors.
What is the main reason that intersectoral collaboration is a necessary strategy to reach the goal of
"health for all"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The determinants of health are broad
Providing immunizations against measles is an example of what level of prevention? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Primary prevention
T or F: Health promotion strategies focus primarily on helping people develop healthy behaviours. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅F
The belief that health is primarily an individual responsibility is most congruent to which approach to
health? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅behavioural
What is the most influential health determinant? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Income and social status
At what are health promotion activities aimed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Increasing the level of well-
being
What are the 5 principles of the Canadian Health Act? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Public Administration
Comprehensiveness
Universality
Accessibility
, Portability
5 levels of health care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅promotive
preventive
curative
rehabilitative
supportive
Public health focuses mainly on - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅promotion
Blood pressure screening is an example of a __________________ strategy - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅secondary level
T or F: Primary care can only be provided by a physician or in a hospital setting - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅F
During the 18th century, what was the main health reason for increased need of health facilities? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅infectious diseases
Who is known as the founder of modern nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Florence Nightingale
The earliest role of nurses involved - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅using herbal remedies to relieve symptoms
Minimum standards for nursing education are set by - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the provincial regulators
and associations
A theory is best understood as a set of assumptions or propositions that becomes useful when it .... -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅provides a systematic view of explaining, predicting and prescribing phenomena
The nursing process involves what steps - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Assessment
The Lalonde Report is significant in that it was the first to emphasize what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a
behavioural approach to health
What is the "watershed" document that marked the shift from lifestyle to socioenvironmental approach
to health? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Ottawa Charter
From a socioenvironmental perspective, what are the major determinants of health? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Psychosocial risk factors and socioenvironmental risk factors.
What is the main reason that intersectoral collaboration is a necessary strategy to reach the goal of
"health for all"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The determinants of health are broad
Providing immunizations against measles is an example of what level of prevention? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Primary prevention
T or F: Health promotion strategies focus primarily on helping people develop healthy behaviours. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅F
The belief that health is primarily an individual responsibility is most congruent to which approach to
health? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅behavioural
What is the most influential health determinant? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Income and social status
At what are health promotion activities aimed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Increasing the level of well-
being
What are the 5 principles of the Canadian Health Act? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Public Administration
Comprehensiveness
Universality
Accessibility
, Portability
5 levels of health care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅promotive
preventive
curative
rehabilitative
supportive
Public health focuses mainly on - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅promotion
Blood pressure screening is an example of a __________________ strategy - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅secondary level
T or F: Primary care can only be provided by a physician or in a hospital setting - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅F
During the 18th century, what was the main health reason for increased need of health facilities? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅infectious diseases
Who is known as the founder of modern nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Florence Nightingale
The earliest role of nurses involved - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅using herbal remedies to relieve symptoms
Minimum standards for nursing education are set by - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the provincial regulators
and associations
A theory is best understood as a set of assumptions or propositions that becomes useful when it .... -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅provides a systematic view of explaining, predicting and prescribing phenomena
The nursing process involves what steps - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Assessment
