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POTTER & PERRY'S CANADIAN FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING (7TH EDITION)
QUESTIONS 2026 EXAM LATEST VERSION SOLVED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED
100 %
Potter & Perry's Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing (7th Edition) — Questions with
Rationales
Chapter 1: Health and Wellness
1. The nurse is using the population health promotion model to develop actions for
improving health. After asking, "On what should we take action?"; "How should we
take action?"; and "Why should we take action?" the nurse will ask which of the
following questions?
A) "With whom should we act?"
B) "When should we take action?"
C) "Which government should take action?"
D) "Where should we first act?"
Rationale: The next question to ask when using the population health model approach
is "With whom should we act?" The other choices are not questions included in this
model.
2. The principle "Health promotion is multisectoral" means which of the following?
A) Relationships between individual, social, and environmental factors must be
recognized.
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B) Physical, mental, social, ecological, cultural, and spiritual aspects of health must be
recognized.
C) In order to change unhealthy living and working conditions, areas other than health
must also be involved.
D) Health promotion uses knowledge from disciplines such as social, economic,
political, environmental, medical, and nursing sciences.
Rationale: The statement "Health promotion is multisectoral" is the principle explained
by the necessity to involve areas other than health in order to change unhealthy living
and working conditions.
3. Which of the following is a determinant of health according to the population
health model?
A) Income and social status
B) Social support networks
C) Education and literacy
D) All of the above
Rationale: The determinants of health include income and social status, social support
networks, education and literacy, employment/working conditions, social
environments, physical environments, personal health practices, healthy child
development, biology and genetic endowment, health services, gender, and culture.
4. What is the primary focus of health promotion?
A) Treating illness
B) Preventing disease
C) Enabling people to increase control over their health
D) Providing medical care
Rationale: Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over
and improve their health.
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5. Which of the following best describes the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion?
A) A framework for health promotion action
B) A medical treatment protocol
C) A nursing diagnosis
D) A hospital accreditation standard
Rationale: The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986) provides a framework for
health promotion action, including building healthy public policy, creating supportive
environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills, and
reorienting health services.
Chapter 2: The Canadian Health Care Delivery System
6. Which of the following is a key principle of the Canada Health Act?
A) Universality
B) Portability
C) Accessibility
D) All of the above
Rationale: The Canada Health Act is based on five principles: public administration,
comprehensiveness, universality, portability, and accessibility.
7. What is the role of the federal government in the Canadian health care system?
A) Delivering all health care services
B) Setting and administering national principles through the Canada Health Act
C) Managing hospitals
D) Providing direct patient care
Rationale: The federal government sets and administers national principles for the
health care system through the Canada Health Act and provides funding to provinces
and territories.
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8. Which of the following is a responsibility of provincial and territorial
governments in health care?
A) Delivering health care services
B) Managing hospitals and health facilities
C) Providing public health services
D) All of the above
Rationale: Provincial and territorial governments are responsible for delivering health
care services, managing hospitals and health facilities, and providing public health
services.
9. What is the role of the nurse in the Canadian health care system?
A) Providing direct patient care
B) Advocating for patients
C) Collaborating with the interprofessional team
D) All of the above
Rationale: Nurses provide direct patient care, advocate for patients, collaborate with
the interprofessional team, and contribute to health system improvement.
10. Which of the following best describes primary health care?
A) First-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated care
B) Hospital-based care
C) Specialist care
D) Emergency care
Rationale: Primary health care is first-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive,
and coordinated care provided by a team of health professionals.
Chapter 3: The Development of Nursing in Canada
POTTER & PERRY'S CANADIAN FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING (7TH EDITION)
QUESTIONS 2026 EXAM LATEST VERSION SOLVED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED
100 %
Potter & Perry's Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing (7th Edition) — Questions with
Rationales
Chapter 1: Health and Wellness
1. The nurse is using the population health promotion model to develop actions for
improving health. After asking, "On what should we take action?"; "How should we
take action?"; and "Why should we take action?" the nurse will ask which of the
following questions?
A) "With whom should we act?"
B) "When should we take action?"
C) "Which government should take action?"
D) "Where should we first act?"
Rationale: The next question to ask when using the population health model approach
is "With whom should we act?" The other choices are not questions included in this
model.
2. The principle "Health promotion is multisectoral" means which of the following?
A) Relationships between individual, social, and environmental factors must be
recognized.
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B) Physical, mental, social, ecological, cultural, and spiritual aspects of health must be
recognized.
C) In order to change unhealthy living and working conditions, areas other than health
must also be involved.
D) Health promotion uses knowledge from disciplines such as social, economic,
political, environmental, medical, and nursing sciences.
Rationale: The statement "Health promotion is multisectoral" is the principle explained
by the necessity to involve areas other than health in order to change unhealthy living
and working conditions.
3. Which of the following is a determinant of health according to the population
health model?
A) Income and social status
B) Social support networks
C) Education and literacy
D) All of the above
Rationale: The determinants of health include income and social status, social support
networks, education and literacy, employment/working conditions, social
environments, physical environments, personal health practices, healthy child
development, biology and genetic endowment, health services, gender, and culture.
4. What is the primary focus of health promotion?
A) Treating illness
B) Preventing disease
C) Enabling people to increase control over their health
D) Providing medical care
Rationale: Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over
and improve their health.
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5. Which of the following best describes the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion?
A) A framework for health promotion action
B) A medical treatment protocol
C) A nursing diagnosis
D) A hospital accreditation standard
Rationale: The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986) provides a framework for
health promotion action, including building healthy public policy, creating supportive
environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills, and
reorienting health services.
Chapter 2: The Canadian Health Care Delivery System
6. Which of the following is a key principle of the Canada Health Act?
A) Universality
B) Portability
C) Accessibility
D) All of the above
Rationale: The Canada Health Act is based on five principles: public administration,
comprehensiveness, universality, portability, and accessibility.
7. What is the role of the federal government in the Canadian health care system?
A) Delivering all health care services
B) Setting and administering national principles through the Canada Health Act
C) Managing hospitals
D) Providing direct patient care
Rationale: The federal government sets and administers national principles for the
health care system through the Canada Health Act and provides funding to provinces
and territories.
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8. Which of the following is a responsibility of provincial and territorial
governments in health care?
A) Delivering health care services
B) Managing hospitals and health facilities
C) Providing public health services
D) All of the above
Rationale: Provincial and territorial governments are responsible for delivering health
care services, managing hospitals and health facilities, and providing public health
services.
9. What is the role of the nurse in the Canadian health care system?
A) Providing direct patient care
B) Advocating for patients
C) Collaborating with the interprofessional team
D) All of the above
Rationale: Nurses provide direct patient care, advocate for patients, collaborate with
the interprofessional team, and contribute to health system improvement.
10. Which of the following best describes primary health care?
A) First-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated care
B) Hospital-based care
C) Specialist care
D) Emergency care
Rationale: Primary health care is first-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive,
and coordinated care provided by a team of health professionals.
Chapter 3: The Development of Nursing in Canada
