NURS 1001 NURSING AS A PROFESSION 2026/2027 | STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
The importance of Hotel Dieu? - correct answer ✔✔First hospital in Canada (1639) run by catholic nuns
Who were the Grey Nuns? - correct answer ✔✔- sisters of charity of Montreal
- "tipsy nuns"
- provide charitable care to poor
- made money by also admitting wealthy people that paid/selling garments, brew, Tabacco
-move to Manitoba during epidemics
- established healthcare system/hospital in Alberta
- general hospital in Edmonton (1895)
Who was Florence Nightingale? - correct answer ✔✔- Founder of modern nursing
- invented first non-religious nursing school using the Nightingale fund awarded for her work in the
Crimean war (1860)
- improved hygiene and sanitation by means of environmental health
- first nurse to use statistics by tracking mortality rates
What effects did military nursing have in Canada during the WW1 and WW2? - correct answer ✔✔- 1901
nurses became part of the army and worked close to frontlines
- they dealt with the influenza outbreak which initiated the foundation of the Department of Health
- WW2 nurses were brought into all branches of the military which cause high demand and a shortage of
nurses.
What was the first Canadian Nursing School? - correct answer ✔✔St. Catherine's training school (1874)
Name 3 important nursing organizations: - correct answer ✔✔- Victorian Order of Nurses (1898)
- International Council of Nurses (1899)
- Canadian Nurses Association (1908)
Who founded the Victorian Order of Nurses and what was the significance of the order? - correct answer
✔✔- Lady Aberdeen
- first organization to provide home care and public health nursing
- signified a professional standard of education for Canadian nurses that recognized the need not only for
compassion but also nursing knowledge
What were the goals of the International Council of Nurses? - correct answer ✔✔- the professional
welfare of nurses
- interests of women
- the improvement of peoples health
What are the goals of the Canadian Nurses Association? - correct answer ✔✔Develop policies and
further education
, Who was Mary Agnes Snively and what was her roll in Canadian nursing? - correct answer ✔✔-
superintendent of nurses Toronto General Hospital
- under her tenure the hospital grew very successful
- she put in place clinical residency, curriculum, and lengthened education period to 3 years
What initiated unionization of nursing in Canada and what was the outcome? - correct answer ✔✔- the
nursing shortage during and after WW2
- nurses wanted better pay, better working conditions, and better treatment
- in 1942 nurses were able to negotiate their work conditions and terms
Who was Bernice Redmon? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian black woman who was denied entry into
nursing school in Canada
Completed her education in Virginia and returned to Canada and became the first black nurse
Who was Edith Anderson Monture? - correct answer ✔✔- Mohawk woman who graduated nursing
school in New York after being refused education in Canada.
- she served in the military and was the first indigenous woman to be a RN
What was the significance of the Weir report? - correct answer ✔✔- a survey of nursing education in
1932 that assessed the curriculum and confirmed insufficient classroom instruction, lack of variety in
clinical experience, and the exploitation of nurses in some hospitals
After the Weir Report, what did the Baccalaureate as Entry to Practice as nurse ensure? - correct answer
✔✔Proper level of education before entering the clinical field
In 2023 what did St. John's achieve? - correct answer ✔✔The first all male nursing team
Explain the International Educated Nurses Initiative: - correct answer ✔✔- nurse recruitment
- promotes culturally competent care and adds unique perspective to patient care
- decreases health disparities
- not necessarily ethical because Canada is taking nurses from other high need countries which is
creating nursing shortages in other countries
What are the 4 qualities of a nurse? - correct answer ✔✔- appearance
- accountability
- values
- clinical judgment
Describe nursing education - correct answer ✔✔- life long learning: practices change over time and
nurses must continue to learn and adapt to new standards annually
- post graduate certificates and diploma
- Masters degree
- Nurse practitioners
What are ethics? - correct answer ✔✔- the study of morality through a variety of different approaches
- the study of philosophical ideals and principles relating to what is morally right or wrong
- values and standards of individuals and professions
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS & EXAM REVIEW
The importance of Hotel Dieu? - correct answer ✔✔First hospital in Canada (1639) run by catholic nuns
Who were the Grey Nuns? - correct answer ✔✔- sisters of charity of Montreal
- "tipsy nuns"
- provide charitable care to poor
- made money by also admitting wealthy people that paid/selling garments, brew, Tabacco
-move to Manitoba during epidemics
- established healthcare system/hospital in Alberta
- general hospital in Edmonton (1895)
Who was Florence Nightingale? - correct answer ✔✔- Founder of modern nursing
- invented first non-religious nursing school using the Nightingale fund awarded for her work in the
Crimean war (1860)
- improved hygiene and sanitation by means of environmental health
- first nurse to use statistics by tracking mortality rates
What effects did military nursing have in Canada during the WW1 and WW2? - correct answer ✔✔- 1901
nurses became part of the army and worked close to frontlines
- they dealt with the influenza outbreak which initiated the foundation of the Department of Health
- WW2 nurses were brought into all branches of the military which cause high demand and a shortage of
nurses.
What was the first Canadian Nursing School? - correct answer ✔✔St. Catherine's training school (1874)
Name 3 important nursing organizations: - correct answer ✔✔- Victorian Order of Nurses (1898)
- International Council of Nurses (1899)
- Canadian Nurses Association (1908)
Who founded the Victorian Order of Nurses and what was the significance of the order? - correct answer
✔✔- Lady Aberdeen
- first organization to provide home care and public health nursing
- signified a professional standard of education for Canadian nurses that recognized the need not only for
compassion but also nursing knowledge
What were the goals of the International Council of Nurses? - correct answer ✔✔- the professional
welfare of nurses
- interests of women
- the improvement of peoples health
What are the goals of the Canadian Nurses Association? - correct answer ✔✔Develop policies and
further education
, Who was Mary Agnes Snively and what was her roll in Canadian nursing? - correct answer ✔✔-
superintendent of nurses Toronto General Hospital
- under her tenure the hospital grew very successful
- she put in place clinical residency, curriculum, and lengthened education period to 3 years
What initiated unionization of nursing in Canada and what was the outcome? - correct answer ✔✔- the
nursing shortage during and after WW2
- nurses wanted better pay, better working conditions, and better treatment
- in 1942 nurses were able to negotiate their work conditions and terms
Who was Bernice Redmon? - correct answer ✔✔- Canadian black woman who was denied entry into
nursing school in Canada
Completed her education in Virginia and returned to Canada and became the first black nurse
Who was Edith Anderson Monture? - correct answer ✔✔- Mohawk woman who graduated nursing
school in New York after being refused education in Canada.
- she served in the military and was the first indigenous woman to be a RN
What was the significance of the Weir report? - correct answer ✔✔- a survey of nursing education in
1932 that assessed the curriculum and confirmed insufficient classroom instruction, lack of variety in
clinical experience, and the exploitation of nurses in some hospitals
After the Weir Report, what did the Baccalaureate as Entry to Practice as nurse ensure? - correct answer
✔✔Proper level of education before entering the clinical field
In 2023 what did St. John's achieve? - correct answer ✔✔The first all male nursing team
Explain the International Educated Nurses Initiative: - correct answer ✔✔- nurse recruitment
- promotes culturally competent care and adds unique perspective to patient care
- decreases health disparities
- not necessarily ethical because Canada is taking nurses from other high need countries which is
creating nursing shortages in other countries
What are the 4 qualities of a nurse? - correct answer ✔✔- appearance
- accountability
- values
- clinical judgment
Describe nursing education - correct answer ✔✔- life long learning: practices change over time and
nurses must continue to learn and adapt to new standards annually
- post graduate certificates and diploma
- Masters degree
- Nurse practitioners
What are ethics? - correct answer ✔✔- the study of morality through a variety of different approaches
- the study of philosophical ideals and principles relating to what is morally right or wrong
- values and standards of individuals and professions
