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