NFDN 1001 Unit 1
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Most Tested) with
Verified Answers
History of Nursing: what year did it start in Canada? First hospital? Who delivered nursing in New France
prior to Nursing? - Answer: 1639
Hotel Dieu
Missionary men (health & nursing care)
Jeanne Mance: established? Founder of? - Answer: 1st hospital in New France in 1642
Hotel Dieu de Dille Marie in Montreal
Marguerite d'Youville: responsible for? founded? Become manager of? - Answer: How nursing was
practiced in Canada
Les Soeurs Grises (The Grey Nuns)
Montreal General Hospital
Florence Nightingale: provided? her view? consequences? - Answer: New image of nursing as a
respectable vocation for young women
Nursing was a women's job and needed supervision & guidance from male physicians
Public opinion of nurses improved and hospitals were recognized as venue for treatment of illness &
disease and nursing became the desired vocation for young women to pursue
Nursing schools in Canada: who established the first school? - Answer: Dr Theophilus Mack (1st grad in
1878 with a 2 year program)
Nurses: In world 1 enlisted as? Male nurses? - Answer: Officer status and worked on the front lines
Not allowed to join nursing in Canadian Military prior to 1967
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Most Tested) with
Verified Answers
History of Nursing: what year did it start in Canada? First hospital? Who delivered nursing in New France
prior to Nursing? - Answer: 1639
Hotel Dieu
Missionary men (health & nursing care)
Jeanne Mance: established? Founder of? - Answer: 1st hospital in New France in 1642
Hotel Dieu de Dille Marie in Montreal
Marguerite d'Youville: responsible for? founded? Become manager of? - Answer: How nursing was
practiced in Canada
Les Soeurs Grises (The Grey Nuns)
Montreal General Hospital
Florence Nightingale: provided? her view? consequences? - Answer: New image of nursing as a
respectable vocation for young women
Nursing was a women's job and needed supervision & guidance from male physicians
Public opinion of nurses improved and hospitals were recognized as venue for treatment of illness &
disease and nursing became the desired vocation for young women to pursue
Nursing schools in Canada: who established the first school? - Answer: Dr Theophilus Mack (1st grad in
1878 with a 2 year program)
Nurses: In world 1 enlisted as? Male nurses? - Answer: Officer status and worked on the front lines
Not allowed to join nursing in Canadian Military prior to 1967
