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,Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada Community Health
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Nursing A Canadian Perspective 6th Edition Stamler
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Multiple Choice Questions
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1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
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a. Families who could afford topay x x x x
b. Poor and destitute families x x x
c. The community x
d. School children x
Correct Answer: b (page 6)
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2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-
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century Canada to combat communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood
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morbidity?
a. Visiting nursing x
b. District nursing x
c. Private duty nursing x x
d. Public health nursing x x
Correct Answer: d (page 4)
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3. In the early 20th century, health departments were dissolved after a local emergency w
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as over. Which statement below characterizes the social attitude of the era?
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a. Public health was the responsibility ofdoctors
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b. Visiting nurses were responsible for communityhealth
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c. The state was not responsible for health care
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d. Women should not be working outside of the family
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Correct Answer: c (page 3)
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, 4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
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a. Prevent ill children from becoming dependentcitizens
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b. Promote the health of allchildren x x x x
c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty
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d. Treat sick children so they could work and contribute to the family income
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Correct Answer: b (page 4)
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5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
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a. The practices of Aboriginal people
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b. European settlers who were physicians x x x x
c. The wives of surgeons x x x
d. The Grey Nuns-first communitynursing
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Correct Answer: a (page 2)
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6.
were Canada’s first community nursing order who made s
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ignificant contributions to providing access to health services, food, shelter, and ed
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ucation for the mostvulnerable:
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a. The Victorian Order ofNurses
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b. The Grey Nuns x x
c. Public Health Nurses x x
d. School Nurses x
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and frontier area)
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Correct Answer: b (page 3)
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7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care was he
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ld by whichagency?
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a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
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b. The Victorian Order of Nurses-lady aberdeen led the development
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c. Indian Health Services x x
d. Public Health Services x x
Correct Answer: b (page 4)
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,Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada Community Health
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Nursing A Canadian Perspective 6th Edition Stamler
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Multiple Choice Questions
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1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
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a. Families who could afford topay x x x x
b. Poor and destitute families x x x
c. The community x
d. School children x
Correct Answer: b (page 6)
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2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-
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century Canada to combat communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood
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morbidity?
a. Visiting nursing x
b. District nursing x
c. Private duty nursing x x
d. Public health nursing x x
Correct Answer: d (page 4)
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3. In the early 20th century, health departments were dissolved after a local emergency w
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as over. Which statement below characterizes the social attitude of the era?
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a. Public health was the responsibility ofdoctors
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b. Visiting nurses were responsible for communityhealth
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c. The state was not responsible for health care
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d. Women should not be working outside of the family
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Correct Answer: c (page 3)
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, 4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
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a. Prevent ill children from becoming dependentcitizens
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b. Promote the health of allchildren x x x x
c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty
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d. Treat sick children so they could work and contribute to the family income
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Correct Answer: b (page 4)
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5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
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a. The practices of Aboriginal people
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b. European settlers who were physicians x x x x
c. The wives of surgeons x x x
d. The Grey Nuns-first communitynursing
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Correct Answer: a (page 2)
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6.
were Canada’s first community nursing order who made s
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ignificant contributions to providing access to health services, food, shelter, and ed
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ucation for the mostvulnerable:
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a. The Victorian Order ofNurses
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b. The Grey Nuns x x
c. Public Health Nurses x x
d. School Nurses x
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and frontier area)
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Correct Answer: b (page 3)
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7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care was he
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ld by whichagency?
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a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
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b. The Victorian Order of Nurses-lady aberdeen led the development
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c. Indian Health Services x x
d. Public Health Services x x
Correct Answer: b (page 4)
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