HEALTH CARE CONSUMER MIDTERM | 135 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION

Health care consumer midterm

Health care consumer - ANS>>anyone who uses, is affected by the use of, or is
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entitled or compelled to use a health service
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1100-1300 - ANS>>When were hospitals first built?
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1800s - ANS>>When did hospital conditions begin to improve?
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Hippocrates - ANS>>Who is considered the father of scientific medicine and Western
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medical ethics?
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Aboriginal and European settler populations - ANS>>Nursing was founded in the
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values of both the ...
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Marie Rollet Hebert - ANS>>1617 - cared for native people and settlers, first
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laywoman to provide nursing care in New France
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Hotel Dieu - ANS>>1639-1644 established in Quebec City by Augustinian Nuns
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Jeanne Mance - ANS>>1606-1673: Canada's first lay-nurse, helped establish Hotel
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Dieu
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Jeanne Mance - ANS>>Who has an award named after them in the CNA?
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Marguerite d'Youville - ANS>>1701-1771: first visiting nurses of Canada "Grey Nuns"
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Grey Nuns - ANS>>Formed in 1738 including Marguerite d'Youville
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Marguerite d'Youville - first Canadian native to receive sainthood - ANS>>Who
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received sainthood in 1990?
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Florence Nightingale - ANS>>1820-1910: introduced nursing to the British army with
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principles of cleanliness
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Florence Nightingale - ANS>>Who is considered the founder of modern nursing?
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Mary Agnes Snively - ANS>>1847-1933: first president of what is now CNA
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1847 - ANS>>What year was St-Catherine's Nursing School formed?
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Mary Agnes Snively - ANS>>Who was the lady superintendent of nurses at TGH?
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, Symbols of Nursing History - ANS>>Cap, pin, cape, armband, uniforms, stocking
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colour
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Mary Agnes Snively - ANS>>Who was the first president of what is now the CNA?
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1938 - ANS>>Year of first practical nursing courses - based on need
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1946 - ANS>>Year where nursing training is now 9 months long (was 6 months) and
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included testing, licensing, regulation and practice
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1947 - ANS>>Year where Certified Nursing Assistant was introduced
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1963 - now a 10 month program - ANS>>Year where Registered Nursing Assistant
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(RNA) was introduced - how long was the program?
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Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - ANS>>What position was formed in 1990 at
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community college
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2002 - nursing training - ANS>>What year were RPNs now required to have 2-year
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diploma
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Four ways in which we have contact with the world - ANS>>"What we do, How we
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look, What we say, How we say it"
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Nurse - ANS>>self-regulated HCP who works autonomously and in collaboration with
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others
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Levels of care in nursing - ANS>>individuals, families, groups, communities,
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populations
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direct practice, education, administration, research and policy - ANS>>How do nurses
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make contributions to the health care system?
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CNA - ANS>>Canadian Nurses Association
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CNO - ANS>>College of Nurses of Ontario
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RPNAO - ANS>>Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario
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Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) - ANS>>sets out common elements for all
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self-regulated colleges
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Nursing Act - ANS>>1991 - defines legal nursing practice and sets out provisions
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specific to the practice
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Self-regulation - ANS>>Government gives power to a profession to govern itself
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