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MultipleChoiceQuestions
1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
a. Familieswhocould afford topay
b. Poor and destitute families
c. Thecommunity
d. Schoolchildren
CorrectAnswer: b (page 6)
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2. Whichcommunityhealthnursingspecialtyemergedinearly20th-centuryCanadato
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combat communicabledisease,infantmortality,andchildhoodmorbidity?
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a. Visitingnursing
b. Districtnursing
c. Private duty nursing
d. Public healthnursing
CorrectAnswer: d (page 4)
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3. Intheearly20thcentury,healthdepartmentsweredissolvedafteralocalemergencywasover.
Whichstatementbelowcharacterizesthesocialattitudeoftheera?
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a. Publichealth was the responsibility of doctors
b. Visitingnurses wereresponsibleforcommunity health
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c. Thestate was not responsibleforhealth care
d. Women should not beworking outside of thefamily
CorrectAnswer: c (page 3)
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, 4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
a. Preventillchildren from becomingdependent citizens
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b. Promote the health ofall children
c. Providefoodforchildren wholivedinpoverty
d. Treat sick children so they could workand contribute to the
familyincomeCorrectAnswer:b(page4)
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5. The earliest formsfor healthcare in Canada were:
a. ThepracticesofAboriginal people
b. Europeansettlers who were physicians
c. Thewivesofsurgeons
d. TheGreyNuns-firstcommunitynursing
Correct Answer: a (page2)
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6. wereCanada’sfirstcommunitynursingorderwhomade
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significant contributionstoprovidingaccesstohealthservices,food,shelter,and
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educationforthemost vulnerable:
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. PublicHealthNurses
d. School Nurses
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and
frontier area)CorrectAnswer:b(page3)f
7. Thedualmandateofdoingcharitableworkandprovidingaffordablenursingcarewasheld
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by whichagency?
a. TheMargaret Scott NursingMission
b. TheVictorian Order ofNurses-lady aberdeenled the development
c. Indian Health Services
d. Public Health Services
CorrectAnswer: b (page 4)
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, 8. How were public health nurses and home visiting nurses different
fromnurses employed in othersectorsof the healthcare system?
a. Theyreceivedlesscompensationfortheir services
b. Theywere dependent on other health care professionals
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c. They required post-diploma training at a university
d. Theyofferedservicestotheelitelivingin urbandistricts
Correct Answer: c (page4)
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9. Whichofthe following were the firsttwo publichealth nursing specialties?
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a. TB nursing and school nursing
b. Privateduty nursing andTBnursing
c. Home-visiting nursing and school nursing
d. Outpost nursing andschool nursing
CorrectAnswer: a (page 4)
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10. What was the roleof the first public health nurses inCanada?
a. Toassesshygieneconditionsinthe home
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b. To conduct well baby clinics
c. Topromote breastfeeding of newborn infants
d. To promotehealth ofschool children
CorrectAnswer: d (page 4)
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11. Whichorganization is creditedforestablishing well-babyclinics?
a. The Grey Nuns
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. The Red Cross
d. Provincial Health Departments
CorrectAnswer: c (page 5)
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COMMUNITYHEALTH
NURSING:
ACANADIANPERSPECTIVE
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,Chapter1:TheHistoryofCommunityHealthNursinginCanadaCommunity
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HealthNursingACanadianPerspective5thEditionStamler
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MultipleChoiceQuestions
1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
a. Familieswhocould afford topay
b. Poor and destitute families
c. Thecommunity
d. Schoolchildren
CorrectAnswer: b (page 6)
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2. Whichcommunityhealthnursingspecialtyemergedinearly20th-centuryCanadato
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combat communicabledisease,infantmortality,andchildhoodmorbidity?
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a. Visitingnursing
b. Districtnursing
c. Private duty nursing
d. Public healthnursing
CorrectAnswer: d (page 4)
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3. Intheearly20thcentury,healthdepartmentsweredissolvedafteralocalemergencywasover.
Whichstatementbelowcharacterizesthesocialattitudeoftheera?
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a. Publichealth was the responsibility of doctors
b. Visitingnurses wereresponsibleforcommunity health
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c. Thestate was not responsibleforhealth care
d. Women should not beworking outside of thefamily
CorrectAnswer: c (page 3)
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, 4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
a. Preventillchildren from becomingdependent citizens
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b. Promote the health ofall children
c. Providefoodforchildren wholivedinpoverty
d. Treat sick children so they could workand contribute to the
familyincomeCorrectAnswer:b(page4)
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5. The earliest formsfor healthcare in Canada were:
a. ThepracticesofAboriginal people
b. Europeansettlers who were physicians
c. Thewivesofsurgeons
d. TheGreyNuns-firstcommunitynursing
Correct Answer: a (page2)
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6. wereCanada’sfirstcommunitynursingorderwhomade
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significant contributionstoprovidingaccesstohealthservices,food,shelter,and
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educationforthemost vulnerable:
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. PublicHealthNurses
d. School Nurses
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and
frontier area)CorrectAnswer:b(page3)f
7. Thedualmandateofdoingcharitableworkandprovidingaffordablenursingcarewasheld
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by whichagency?
a. TheMargaret Scott NursingMission
b. TheVictorian Order ofNurses-lady aberdeenled the development
c. Indian Health Services
d. Public Health Services
CorrectAnswer: b (page 4)
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, 8. How were public health nurses and home visiting nurses different
fromnurses employed in othersectorsof the healthcare system?
a. Theyreceivedlesscompensationfortheir services
b. Theywere dependent on other health care professionals
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c. They required post-diploma training at a university
d. Theyofferedservicestotheelitelivingin urbandistricts
Correct Answer: c (page4)
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9. Whichofthe following were the firsttwo publichealth nursing specialties?
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a. TB nursing and school nursing
b. Privateduty nursing andTBnursing
c. Home-visiting nursing and school nursing
d. Outpost nursing andschool nursing
CorrectAnswer: a (page 4)
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10. What was the roleof the first public health nurses inCanada?
a. Toassesshygieneconditionsinthe home
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b. To conduct well baby clinics
c. Topromote breastfeeding of newborn infants
d. To promotehealth ofschool children
CorrectAnswer: d (page 4)
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11. Whichorganization is creditedforestablishing well-babyclinics?
a. The Grey Nuns
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. The Red Cross
d. Provincial Health Departments
CorrectAnswer: c (page 5)
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