Practical Nursing Theory Test 1 Questions With Complete
Solutions
______ has been credited with being the first person in what is
now Canada to provide nursing care to the sick (arrived
toQuebec around 1617, assisted her husband - a surgeon)
Correct Answer Marie Rollet Hébert
"Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals in the
country. Harnessing their full capacity offers the best possibility
for transforming our healthcare system. Ensuring that nurses are
in work environments that enable them to practice at their full
scope will accelerate nursing innovation and better quality
patient care". (Canadian Nurses Assoc., 2013, page 5) Correct
Answer Nurses and our Health Care System
"The promotion of health and the assessment of, the provision of
care for, and the treatment of health conditions by supportive,
preventive, therapeutic, palliative and rehabilitative means in
order to attain or maintain optimal health" (College of Nurses of
Ontario, 2012) Correct Answer CNO Definition: the practice of
nursing is:
• is the study of good conduct, character, and motives
•It is concerned with determining what is good or valuable for
individuals and/or society at large
•all healthcare professionals have codes of ethics that offer
guidelines about responding to practice situations
•ethics are rules of conduct that have been agreed to by a
particular group
,•these rules are agreed to be morally right or proper for that
group
•ethics are different from laws, in that they are voluntary
Correct Answer Ethics
• values are found at the heart of ethics
•formation: in childhood and learned from family, culture, peer
groups, workplace
•some values are fixed for life, some change (are not static)
•values clarification: know yourself and your biases in order to
help others ** what happens when your values clash with a
patient's values? Correct Answer Values
•Aboriginal status, gender, disability, housing, early life, income
and income distribution, education, race, employment and job
security, working conditions, social exclusion, food insecurity,
social safety net, health services Correct Answer Social
Determinants of Health ("The Canadian Facts" by Mikkonen &
Raphael, 2010)
•approx. 2,000 Canadians were infected with HIV and approx.
30,000 Canadians were infected with Hepatitis C
•Royal Commission Inquiry conducted by the Honourable
Commissioner Judge Horace Krever of the Canadian Blood
System known as the 'Krever Inquiry' (approx. 1,200-page
report that declared this to be a "nationwide public health
calamity" with multiple errors and not just from the Canadian
Red Cross Society; the inquiry also provided 50
recommendations) Correct Answer Early 1980's - Tainted
Blood Scandal in Canada
, •Canada spent approximately $253.5 billion on health care in
2018, an average of $6,839 per Canadian
•3rd highest spender, but ranks 30th (out of 100 peer countries)
in the world as the best health care system
•ranks 10th in health status among 17 peer countries; Canada
gets a "B" for health status Correct Answer Healthcare
Spending
•Gains a deeper understanding of the subject and sometimes at
the end helps to develop a hypothesis
•No ambiguity in the definitions; describes & explains concepts
& specific variables that may be identified in the study
•Starts with specific observations & ends with broad
generalizations
•New theory is often created by the researcher & is commonly
supported by an existing theory Correct Answer Inductive
Research: Qualitative Studies
•growing number of infectious diseases (e.g. TB rise, VRE,
MRSA, C.Diff)
•medicare vs. private-funded healthcare
•increasing gap between rich and poor
•changing demographics
•Indigenous populations had a decreased rate of population in
past/ but now rising
•increasing multiculturalism
•inadequate sanitation continues for some people: food and
water; pollution on the rise
•worldwide nursing numbers are cyclical changing between
shortage to too many nurses
Solutions
______ has been credited with being the first person in what is
now Canada to provide nursing care to the sick (arrived
toQuebec around 1617, assisted her husband - a surgeon)
Correct Answer Marie Rollet Hébert
"Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals in the
country. Harnessing their full capacity offers the best possibility
for transforming our healthcare system. Ensuring that nurses are
in work environments that enable them to practice at their full
scope will accelerate nursing innovation and better quality
patient care". (Canadian Nurses Assoc., 2013, page 5) Correct
Answer Nurses and our Health Care System
"The promotion of health and the assessment of, the provision of
care for, and the treatment of health conditions by supportive,
preventive, therapeutic, palliative and rehabilitative means in
order to attain or maintain optimal health" (College of Nurses of
Ontario, 2012) Correct Answer CNO Definition: the practice of
nursing is:
• is the study of good conduct, character, and motives
•It is concerned with determining what is good or valuable for
individuals and/or society at large
•all healthcare professionals have codes of ethics that offer
guidelines about responding to practice situations
•ethics are rules of conduct that have been agreed to by a
particular group
,•these rules are agreed to be morally right or proper for that
group
•ethics are different from laws, in that they are voluntary
Correct Answer Ethics
• values are found at the heart of ethics
•formation: in childhood and learned from family, culture, peer
groups, workplace
•some values are fixed for life, some change (are not static)
•values clarification: know yourself and your biases in order to
help others ** what happens when your values clash with a
patient's values? Correct Answer Values
•Aboriginal status, gender, disability, housing, early life, income
and income distribution, education, race, employment and job
security, working conditions, social exclusion, food insecurity,
social safety net, health services Correct Answer Social
Determinants of Health ("The Canadian Facts" by Mikkonen &
Raphael, 2010)
•approx. 2,000 Canadians were infected with HIV and approx.
30,000 Canadians were infected with Hepatitis C
•Royal Commission Inquiry conducted by the Honourable
Commissioner Judge Horace Krever of the Canadian Blood
System known as the 'Krever Inquiry' (approx. 1,200-page
report that declared this to be a "nationwide public health
calamity" with multiple errors and not just from the Canadian
Red Cross Society; the inquiry also provided 50
recommendations) Correct Answer Early 1980's - Tainted
Blood Scandal in Canada
, •Canada spent approximately $253.5 billion on health care in
2018, an average of $6,839 per Canadian
•3rd highest spender, but ranks 30th (out of 100 peer countries)
in the world as the best health care system
•ranks 10th in health status among 17 peer countries; Canada
gets a "B" for health status Correct Answer Healthcare
Spending
•Gains a deeper understanding of the subject and sometimes at
the end helps to develop a hypothesis
•No ambiguity in the definitions; describes & explains concepts
& specific variables that may be identified in the study
•Starts with specific observations & ends with broad
generalizations
•New theory is often created by the researcher & is commonly
supported by an existing theory Correct Answer Inductive
Research: Qualitative Studies
•growing number of infectious diseases (e.g. TB rise, VRE,
MRSA, C.Diff)
•medicare vs. private-funded healthcare
•increasing gap between rich and poor
•changing demographics
•Indigenous populations had a decreased rate of population in
past/ but now rising
•increasing multiculturalism
•inadequate sanitation continues for some people: food and
water; pollution on the rise
•worldwide nursing numbers are cyclical changing between
shortage to too many nurses
