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,Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada Community
Health Nursing ACanadian Perspective 5th Edition Stamler
MultipleChoiceQuestions
1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
a. Families who could afford to pay
b. Poor and destitute families
c. The community
d. School children
CorrectAnswer: b (page 6)
2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada to combat
communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?
a. Visitingnursing
b. District nursing
c. Private duty nursing
d. Public health nursing
CorrectAnswer: d (page 4)
3. In the early 20th century, health departmentswere dissolved aftera local emergency was over.
Which statement below characteri es the social attitude of the era?
a. Public health was the responsibility of doctors
b. Visiting nurses were responsible for community health
c. The state was not responsible for health care
d. Women should not be working outside of the family
CorrectAnswer: c (page 3)
, 4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
a. Prevent ill children from becoming dependent citi ens
b. Promote the health of all children
c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty
d. Treat sick children so they could work and contribute to the family income
CorrectAnswer: b (page 4)
5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
a. The practices ofAboriginal people
b. European settlers who were physicians
c. The wives of surgeons
d. The Grey Nuns-first community nursing
CorrectAnswer: a (page 2)
6. were Canada’s first community nursing order who made significant
contributions to providing access to health services, food, shelter, and education for the most
vulnerable:
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. Public Health Nurses
d. School Nurses
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and frontier area)
CorrectAnswer: b (page 3)
7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care was heldby
which agency?
a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses-lady aberdeen led the development
c. Indian Health Services
d. PublicHealth Services
CorrectAnswer: b (page 4)
,Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada Community
Health Nursing ACanadian Perspective 5th Edition Stamler
MultipleChoiceQuestions
1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
a. Families who could afford to pay
b. Poor and destitute families
c. The community
d. School children
CorrectAnswer: b (page 6)
2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada to combat
communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?
a. Visitingnursing
b. District nursing
c. Private duty nursing
d. Public health nursing
CorrectAnswer: d (page 4)
3. In the early 20th century, health departmentswere dissolved aftera local emergency was over.
Which statement below characteri es the social attitude of the era?
a. Public health was the responsibility of doctors
b. Visiting nurses were responsible for community health
c. The state was not responsible for health care
d. Women should not be working outside of the family
CorrectAnswer: c (page 3)
, 4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
a. Prevent ill children from becoming dependent citi ens
b. Promote the health of all children
c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty
d. Treat sick children so they could work and contribute to the family income
CorrectAnswer: b (page 4)
5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
a. The practices ofAboriginal people
b. European settlers who were physicians
c. The wives of surgeons
d. The Grey Nuns-first community nursing
CorrectAnswer: a (page 2)
6. were Canada’s first community nursing order who made significant
contributions to providing access to health services, food, shelter, and education for the most
vulnerable:
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. Public Health Nurses
d. School Nurses
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and frontier area)
CorrectAnswer: b (page 3)
7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care was heldby
which agency?
a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses-lady aberdeen led the development
c. Indian Health Services
d. PublicHealth Services
CorrectAnswer: b (page 4)
