NURS 2000- Exam review Questions
and Answers.
The majority of women link their homelessness to
A. Drug abuse
B. Lack of education
C. Poverty
D. Partner abuse - Answer D. Partner abuse
T/F: Many homeless women express they have other social vulnerabilities - Answer True
What % of women interviewed in the homelessness article were of aboriginal status? - Answer
50%
Of the women who consented to be interviewed for the homelessness article, 30% experienced
what? - Answer Substance abuse
What % of women interviewed in the homelessness article were from a visible minority? -
Answer 12%
13% of women interviewed have been what? - Answer Institutionalized in either a hospital,
prison or mental institution
T/F: Often shelters and other housings aids assess risks and offer assistance based on the risk
factors - Answer true
T/F: Partner abuse is not a reality for most women - Answer False
What is the critical social theory? - Answer A social theory geared towards critiquing and
changing society as a whole
Critical social theory is important for?
A. Developing policy
B. Challenging and exposing the status quo
C. Building programs
, D. Observing society - Answer B. Challenging and exposing the status quo
What does critical social theory focus on? - Answer Those who are vulnerable within the
community
What year was the Lalonde report established?
A. 1990
B. 1978
C. 1974
D. 1986 - Answer C. 1974
What were the 4 basic areas of health promotion in the Lalonde report? - Answer 1. Health
services
2. Human Biology
3. Environment
4. Lifestyle
What did the Lalonde report focus on? - Answer Motivating behaviours
What is rural health? - Answer Interdisciplinary study of health and health care delivery in
rural environments. The concept of rural health incorporates many fields, including geography,
midwifery, nursing, sociology, economics, and telehealth or telemedicine.
What are the 4 examples given in class that isolation is related to? - Answer 1. Distance from
social establishments
2. Weather, not allowing a person to travel
3. Geography, where a person lives and their accessibility to resources
4. Transportation
What are the characteristics of a rural community? - Answer - Population is > 30,000 people
- < 30 minutes away from a community w/ a population > 30,000
What are the characteristics of a remote community? - Answer - Without year- round access
to to roads
- Rely on a 3rd party to transportation
and Answers.
The majority of women link their homelessness to
A. Drug abuse
B. Lack of education
C. Poverty
D. Partner abuse - Answer D. Partner abuse
T/F: Many homeless women express they have other social vulnerabilities - Answer True
What % of women interviewed in the homelessness article were of aboriginal status? - Answer
50%
Of the women who consented to be interviewed for the homelessness article, 30% experienced
what? - Answer Substance abuse
What % of women interviewed in the homelessness article were from a visible minority? -
Answer 12%
13% of women interviewed have been what? - Answer Institutionalized in either a hospital,
prison or mental institution
T/F: Often shelters and other housings aids assess risks and offer assistance based on the risk
factors - Answer true
T/F: Partner abuse is not a reality for most women - Answer False
What is the critical social theory? - Answer A social theory geared towards critiquing and
changing society as a whole
Critical social theory is important for?
A. Developing policy
B. Challenging and exposing the status quo
C. Building programs
, D. Observing society - Answer B. Challenging and exposing the status quo
What does critical social theory focus on? - Answer Those who are vulnerable within the
community
What year was the Lalonde report established?
A. 1990
B. 1978
C. 1974
D. 1986 - Answer C. 1974
What were the 4 basic areas of health promotion in the Lalonde report? - Answer 1. Health
services
2. Human Biology
3. Environment
4. Lifestyle
What did the Lalonde report focus on? - Answer Motivating behaviours
What is rural health? - Answer Interdisciplinary study of health and health care delivery in
rural environments. The concept of rural health incorporates many fields, including geography,
midwifery, nursing, sociology, economics, and telehealth or telemedicine.
What are the 4 examples given in class that isolation is related to? - Answer 1. Distance from
social establishments
2. Weather, not allowing a person to travel
3. Geography, where a person lives and their accessibility to resources
4. Transportation
What are the characteristics of a rural community? - Answer - Population is > 30,000 people
- < 30 minutes away from a community w/ a population > 30,000
What are the characteristics of a remote community? - Answer - Without year- round access
to to roads
- Rely on a 3rd party to transportation
