NFDN 1001 MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS,
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW
Marie Rollet Hebert - correct answer ✔✔Committed to teaching aboriginal children and families about
Christianity
Jeanne Mance - correct answer ✔✔Founded Hotel Dieu de Ville in Montreal; Founded first hospital
Marguerite D’Youville - correct answer ✔✔Founder of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, which later became
known as the Grey Nuns
Florence Nightingale - correct answer ✔✔Founder of modern nursing; Proved that a clean environment
led to reduced disease and wound infection
Mary Agnes Snively - correct answer ✔✔First nursing superintendent of Toronto General Hospital School
of Nursing
WHO Definition of Health - correct answer ✔✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
3 Historical Approaches to Health - correct answer ✔✔Medical, Behavioral and Soci-Environmental
Medical Approach - correct answer ✔✔Focuses on treatment of disease; little emphasis on health
promotion
Behavioral Approach - correct answer ✔✔Promoted individual responsibility for health
Socio-Environmental - correct answer ✔✔Combination of medical and behavioral approach; health is
tied to the social structure (poverty, air pollution)
Ottawa Charter - 1986 - correct answer ✔✔Places responsibility for health on society rather than only on
individuals; used globally as template for health promotion
Ottawa Charter Pre-Requisites for Health - correct answer ✔✔Peace, Shelter, Education, Food, Income,
Stable Ecosystem, Social Justice and Equity
The Epp Report - correct answer ✔✔Achieving Health for All; broadened health promotion from the
emphasis on lifestyle to include environmental determinants; 3 major challenges: reducing inequalities,
improving prevention and enhancing coping
5 Principles/Pillars of Canadian Health Care Act - correct answer ✔✔Publicly Administered, Universal,
Comprehensive, Portable and Accessible
Groups of People Covered by Federal Health Care - correct answer ✔✔Active RCMP/Canadian Armed
Force, Inmates of Federal Prisons, Persons covered by WCB, and Persons of First Nations Descent
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW
Marie Rollet Hebert - correct answer ✔✔Committed to teaching aboriginal children and families about
Christianity
Jeanne Mance - correct answer ✔✔Founded Hotel Dieu de Ville in Montreal; Founded first hospital
Marguerite D’Youville - correct answer ✔✔Founder of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, which later became
known as the Grey Nuns
Florence Nightingale - correct answer ✔✔Founder of modern nursing; Proved that a clean environment
led to reduced disease and wound infection
Mary Agnes Snively - correct answer ✔✔First nursing superintendent of Toronto General Hospital School
of Nursing
WHO Definition of Health - correct answer ✔✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
3 Historical Approaches to Health - correct answer ✔✔Medical, Behavioral and Soci-Environmental
Medical Approach - correct answer ✔✔Focuses on treatment of disease; little emphasis on health
promotion
Behavioral Approach - correct answer ✔✔Promoted individual responsibility for health
Socio-Environmental - correct answer ✔✔Combination of medical and behavioral approach; health is
tied to the social structure (poverty, air pollution)
Ottawa Charter - 1986 - correct answer ✔✔Places responsibility for health on society rather than only on
individuals; used globally as template for health promotion
Ottawa Charter Pre-Requisites for Health - correct answer ✔✔Peace, Shelter, Education, Food, Income,
Stable Ecosystem, Social Justice and Equity
The Epp Report - correct answer ✔✔Achieving Health for All; broadened health promotion from the
emphasis on lifestyle to include environmental determinants; 3 major challenges: reducing inequalities,
improving prevention and enhancing coping
5 Principles/Pillars of Canadian Health Care Act - correct answer ✔✔Publicly Administered, Universal,
Comprehensive, Portable and Accessible
Groups of People Covered by Federal Health Care - correct answer ✔✔Active RCMP/Canadian Armed
Force, Inmates of Federal Prisons, Persons covered by WCB, and Persons of First Nations Descent
