Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Most Tested) with
Verified Answers
Evolution of the nursing profession (1) - Answer: Prior to nursing in New France, men delivered health
and nursing care, though men couldn't provide care for women in L/D
Influential figures in nursing (1) - Answer: Marie Rollet Hebert
Jeanne Marie
Marguerite D'youville
Florence Nightingale
Mary Agnes Snively
Marie Rollet Herbert (1) - Answer: Canadas first teacher-provide nursing care
1588-1649
Jeanne Mance (1) - Answer: Nurse; established first hospital in Montreal
Founder of "Hotel Dieude Dillie Marie"
Marguerite d'Youville (1) - Answer: Founder of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, "les soeurs grises" which
later became known as the Grey Nuns
Est the General hospital in Edmonton 1895
Florence Nightingale (1) - Answer: Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern nursing.
began professional education of nursing.
Mary Agnes Snively (1) - Answer: Director of the nursing school at Toronto General Hospital and one of
the founders of the Canadian Nurses Association
, Other influences on nursing (1) - Answer: War had a major impact on demand for nursing
Colonization and settlement
WW1 Nursing (1) - Answer: Increased demand for trained nurses, increased need for nursing education
Worked mainly on the front lines
WW2 Nursing (1) - Answer: Nursing viewed as a respected career
Increased demand for practical nurses
3 historical approaches to health in Canada (1) - Answer: 1. Medical approach - western thinking with a
focus on treatment of disease. Little emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention
2. Behavioural approach - in the 70's there was lots of money spent on health care but no improvements
in health outcomes
3. Socio-environmental approach - health is tied to the social structure. Poverty, air pollution, poor
water quality, and workplace hazards are barriers to healthy behaviours
Historical impact colonization, residential schools and Canadian Laws have had on the lives of
Indigenous people.(1) - Answer: Colonization:
Land Loss, Cultural Impact, inequality
Residential Schools:
Cultural Erasure, Abuse, Mental Health Issues
Canadian Laws
Indian Act, Discrimination, Land Disputes
Efforts are underway to address these historical injustices, like the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission's recommendations