Professional Growth Final Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
14 Fundamental needs Correct Answer •breathing normally
•eating and drinking adequately
•eliminating body waste
•moving and maintaining a desirable position
•sleeping and resting
•selecting suitable clothes
•maintaining normal body temperature by adjusting clothing and
modifying the environment
•keeping the body clean and well groomed to promote/protect
the integument
•avoiding dangers in the environment and avoiding injuring
others
•communicating w/others in expressing emotions ,needs, fears
or opinions
•worshipping according to one's faith
•working in such a way that one feels a sense of accomplishment
,•playing or participating in various forms of recreation
•learning , discovering or satisfying the curiosity that leads to
normal development and health, and using available health
facilities
1634 Correct Answer 1634
Urgent call for nurses to come to the colony to assist
Problem with culture = males taking care of Aboriginal woman
therefore need for woman
1639 Correct Answer 1639 - 3 sisters of Order of St. Augustine
arrived to establish and staff a medical mission that was then
expanded to become the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Quebec
Small pox epidemic
Focus was on teaching however ended up nursing
Used Aboriginal peoples as assistants
1738 Correct Answer Grey nuns or Sisters of Charity of
Montreal cared for sick
Formed by Marguerite d'Youville
Grey nuns First visiting nurses in Canada
Focus on
Health
Well being
Religious life
They visit the sick in their homes
1760 - 1870 Correct Answer More hospitals built
,Epidemics from overcrowding (measles, flu, smallpox)
Many untrained nurses
18th, early 19th centuries Correct Answer The sick and poor
were in great numbers—
"change" was needed—the stage was set for those with "social"
vision
1914 - 1918 Correct Answer A total of 3,141 Nursing Sisters
served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and 2,504 of
those served overseas in England, France and the Eastern
Mediterranean at Gallipoli, Alexandria and Salonika. By the end
of the First World War, approximately 45 Nursing Sisters had
given their lives, dying from enemy attacks including the
bombing of a hospital and the sinking of a hospital ship, or from
disease. The beautiful Nursing Sisters memorial in the Hall of
Honour in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa is a loving tribute
to their service, sacrifice and heroism.
1920s, 1930s - milestones Correct Answer Economic
depression... student nurses 24/7 free cheap labor....many nurses
had to combine nursing and non-nursing employment to survive
1923: Goldmark report. Described appalling conditions in
nursing schools.. Suggested that money be given to university
schools of nursing.... (US)
, 1932 Landmark report...CNA and CMA .... Recommended that
hospital based schools be transferred to universities...(George
Weir)
1940's Correct Answer 1942 - integrated nursing program at U
of T, rather than sandwich program
Nursing programs began accepting African-Canadian and First
nation applicants in response to the lack of nurses partially
related to the Second World War
Penicillin required injection every three hours.. Overwhelmed
the physicians and turned to nurses who adopted IM's as a
standard nursing skill
1946 Correct Answer The first training centers for nursing
assistants , offering a nine month training program, were opened
in Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton
1947 - Ontario hospitals established intravenous and blood
transfusions as a nursing skill
1950 - 1965 Correct Answer In the period after the second
world war, the shortage of qualified nurses required to staff
hospitals, public health units, private organizations and
industrial positions had reached severe proportions in Canada.
While Canadian training hospitals and schools worked to supply
a growing number of graduate nurses, foreign-born nurses who
were educated outside of Canada were recruited by hospitals and
health care organizations to provide certified care for a
Solutions
14 Fundamental needs Correct Answer •breathing normally
•eating and drinking adequately
•eliminating body waste
•moving and maintaining a desirable position
•sleeping and resting
•selecting suitable clothes
•maintaining normal body temperature by adjusting clothing and
modifying the environment
•keeping the body clean and well groomed to promote/protect
the integument
•avoiding dangers in the environment and avoiding injuring
others
•communicating w/others in expressing emotions ,needs, fears
or opinions
•worshipping according to one's faith
•working in such a way that one feels a sense of accomplishment
,•playing or participating in various forms of recreation
•learning , discovering or satisfying the curiosity that leads to
normal development and health, and using available health
facilities
1634 Correct Answer 1634
Urgent call for nurses to come to the colony to assist
Problem with culture = males taking care of Aboriginal woman
therefore need for woman
1639 Correct Answer 1639 - 3 sisters of Order of St. Augustine
arrived to establish and staff a medical mission that was then
expanded to become the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Quebec
Small pox epidemic
Focus was on teaching however ended up nursing
Used Aboriginal peoples as assistants
1738 Correct Answer Grey nuns or Sisters of Charity of
Montreal cared for sick
Formed by Marguerite d'Youville
Grey nuns First visiting nurses in Canada
Focus on
Health
Well being
Religious life
They visit the sick in their homes
1760 - 1870 Correct Answer More hospitals built
,Epidemics from overcrowding (measles, flu, smallpox)
Many untrained nurses
18th, early 19th centuries Correct Answer The sick and poor
were in great numbers—
"change" was needed—the stage was set for those with "social"
vision
1914 - 1918 Correct Answer A total of 3,141 Nursing Sisters
served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and 2,504 of
those served overseas in England, France and the Eastern
Mediterranean at Gallipoli, Alexandria and Salonika. By the end
of the First World War, approximately 45 Nursing Sisters had
given their lives, dying from enemy attacks including the
bombing of a hospital and the sinking of a hospital ship, or from
disease. The beautiful Nursing Sisters memorial in the Hall of
Honour in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa is a loving tribute
to their service, sacrifice and heroism.
1920s, 1930s - milestones Correct Answer Economic
depression... student nurses 24/7 free cheap labor....many nurses
had to combine nursing and non-nursing employment to survive
1923: Goldmark report. Described appalling conditions in
nursing schools.. Suggested that money be given to university
schools of nursing.... (US)
, 1932 Landmark report...CNA and CMA .... Recommended that
hospital based schools be transferred to universities...(George
Weir)
1940's Correct Answer 1942 - integrated nursing program at U
of T, rather than sandwich program
Nursing programs began accepting African-Canadian and First
nation applicants in response to the lack of nurses partially
related to the Second World War
Penicillin required injection every three hours.. Overwhelmed
the physicians and turned to nurses who adopted IM's as a
standard nursing skill
1946 Correct Answer The first training centers for nursing
assistants , offering a nine month training program, were opened
in Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton
1947 - Ontario hospitals established intravenous and blood
transfusions as a nursing skill
1950 - 1965 Correct Answer In the period after the second
world war, the shortage of qualified nurses required to staff
hospitals, public health units, private organizations and
industrial positions had reached severe proportions in Canada.
While Canadian training hospitals and schools worked to supply
a growing number of graduate nurses, foreign-born nurses who
were educated outside of Canada were recruited by hospitals and
health care organizations to provide certified care for a
