BSNC 1020 Module 1 (History)
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2025/2026
Our girl Florence Nightingale - correct answer ✔Founder of modern nursing
Nursing icon
Fashionista
Inspiration to middle class women everywhere
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What year did Nightingale organize a group of nurses to go to the Crimean War to help wounded British
soldiers? - correct answer ✔1854
What are some things that Nightingale was known for? - correct answer ✔- saving thousands of
soldiers in the Crimean War
- trailblazer for women from middle-upper class families that weren't supposed to work outside the
home
- dramatic reductions in morbidity and mortality by applying principles of cleanliness and comfort to
nursing care
- advocate for health and the reformation of the health care system of the British army (including
lobbying the parliament)
- first health statistician (found evidence based research on the importance of sanitation and comfort
standards in hospitals)
First nursing schools in Canada had no financing, so they provided nurses with education and living
expenses in exchange for the nurses providing care at the hospitals of the schools.
What were some benefits to this? - correct answer ✔- allowed hospitals to provide nursing services at
low charge
, - gave advantage to newly developed hospitals to be associated with a nursing school to be able to
remain financially stable even if patient retention drops
- attracts higher paying patients because these hospitals would be able to provide better quality care
In what year did the first Canadian hospital diploma school open, and what was it called? - correct
answer ✔St. Catherine's Training School (St. Catherine's and Marine Hospital) in 1874
In what year did The School for Nurses at Toronto General Hospital open? - correct answer ✔1881
(Mary Snively as Superintendent)
in what year did The School for Nurses at Montreal General Hospital open? - correct answer ✔1890
(Nora Livingston as Superintendent)
By what year were there 330 nursing schools in Canada? - correct answer ✔1930
What was the Victorian Order of Nurses, in what year were they established, and by who? - correct
answer ✔- established in 1898 by Lady Aberdeen
- VON established a standard for requiring altruism, compassion, as well as sufficient nursing knowledge
- travelled to rural/remote areas to provide quality nursing care
In what year was the International Council of Nurses established, and who did they appoint as their first
honorary treasurer? - correct answer ✔1899
Appointing Mary Snively as honorary treasurer even though Canada did not have membership yet
(because they did not yet have their own national nursing organization)
In what year was the Provisional Society of the Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses
(CNATN) founded? - correct answer ✔1908 with Snively as President
Question and answers already passed
2025/2026
Our girl Florence Nightingale - correct answer ✔Founder of modern nursing
Nursing icon
Fashionista
Inspiration to middle class women everywhere
#girlboss
What year did Nightingale organize a group of nurses to go to the Crimean War to help wounded British
soldiers? - correct answer ✔1854
What are some things that Nightingale was known for? - correct answer ✔- saving thousands of
soldiers in the Crimean War
- trailblazer for women from middle-upper class families that weren't supposed to work outside the
home
- dramatic reductions in morbidity and mortality by applying principles of cleanliness and comfort to
nursing care
- advocate for health and the reformation of the health care system of the British army (including
lobbying the parliament)
- first health statistician (found evidence based research on the importance of sanitation and comfort
standards in hospitals)
First nursing schools in Canada had no financing, so they provided nurses with education and living
expenses in exchange for the nurses providing care at the hospitals of the schools.
What were some benefits to this? - correct answer ✔- allowed hospitals to provide nursing services at
low charge
, - gave advantage to newly developed hospitals to be associated with a nursing school to be able to
remain financially stable even if patient retention drops
- attracts higher paying patients because these hospitals would be able to provide better quality care
In what year did the first Canadian hospital diploma school open, and what was it called? - correct
answer ✔St. Catherine's Training School (St. Catherine's and Marine Hospital) in 1874
In what year did The School for Nurses at Toronto General Hospital open? - correct answer ✔1881
(Mary Snively as Superintendent)
in what year did The School for Nurses at Montreal General Hospital open? - correct answer ✔1890
(Nora Livingston as Superintendent)
By what year were there 330 nursing schools in Canada? - correct answer ✔1930
What was the Victorian Order of Nurses, in what year were they established, and by who? - correct
answer ✔- established in 1898 by Lady Aberdeen
- VON established a standard for requiring altruism, compassion, as well as sufficient nursing knowledge
- travelled to rural/remote areas to provide quality nursing care
In what year was the International Council of Nurses established, and who did they appoint as their first
honorary treasurer? - correct answer ✔1899
Appointing Mary Snively as honorary treasurer even though Canada did not have membership yet
(because they did not yet have their own national nursing organization)
In what year was the Provisional Society of the Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses
(CNATN) founded? - correct answer ✔1908 with Snively as President
