NURS404 - COMMUNITY NURSING STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION EXAM BASED!!
Who was Florence Nightingale?
answers: Founder of modern nursing; first women nurse; invented first nursing
school; improved hygiene and sanitation, supportive of British colonialism
(Indigenous peoples), extremely racist in recruitment and philosophy (any other
than white)
Who was Mary Seacole?
answers: A Caribbean nurse of mixed decent, who applied repeatedly to become a
military nurse and was refused due to her skin color, decided to make her own
military hospital and treat soldiers that way
Who was Edith Anderson Monture?
answers: First First Nations woman to become a registered nurse in Canada
American trained because she had issues getting into Canadian nursing schools
Mohawk woman from Six Nations worked as a public health nurse in New York
state until the U.S. entered the First World War
What were the main principles of early community nursing in Canada?
answers: Bringing the care to the sick rather than making them come to a hospital
Bringing care to other institutions like schools and traveling by various means to
remote places
Who was Lillian Wald?
,answers: Developed a viable practice for public health nursing (Henry Street
Settlement) - Lower East Side of New York City
- Provide well baby care, health education, disease prevention, & tx to minor
illness
- Formed the basis for public health in the US
Developed the first nursing service for occupational health (Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company)
Who were the Victorian Order of Nurse (VON)?
answers: Home care organization, doing IV meds at home, provided preventative
health services
What is community health nursing?
answers: - Involves collaborative action to promote, protect and restore the health
of people in Canada within the context of the important places and experiences of
their daily lives
- Attends to diverse determinants of health
- Population health, primary health care, disease and injury prevention, community
participation, and community development
Name 5 different practice areas in community nursing
answers: - Public health nurse
- Home health nurse
- Occupational health nurse
- Street or outreach nurse
- Outpost nurse
- Corrections nurse
,- Telehealth nurse
- Military nurse
- Mental health nurse
What are the 6 core functions of a community health nurse?
answers: - Promote, protect and preserve the health of individuals, families,
communities, and populations
- Consider and address the impact of the determinants of health
- Support capacity building approaches focused on client strengths and client
participation
- Protect and enhance human dignity respecting social, cultural, and personal
beliefs
- Advocate and engage in political action and healthy public policy
- Incorporate the concepts of inclusiveness, equity and social justice
What are the 4 levels of the Canadian Community Health Nursing Practice
Model?
answers: Core, System, Community Organizations, Community health nurses and
nursing practice
What is at the core level of the Canadian Community Health Nursing Practice
Model?
answers: Client (individuals, families, groups, communities, populations and
systems)
What is at the system level of the Canadian Community Health Nursing Practice
Model?
answers: o Determinants of health
, o Government support
What is at the community organization level of the Canadian Community Health
Nursing Practice Model?
answers: o Delivery structures and process
o Management practices
o Professional relationships and partnerships
What is at the community health nurses and nursing practice level of the
Canadian Community Health Nursing Practice Model?
answers: o Code of ethics
o Community Health Nurse
o Community health nursing standards
o Discipline specific competencies
o Professional regulatory standards
o Values and principles
o Theoretical foundation
What are the 8 CCHN standards of practice?
answers: Health promotion
Prevention and health protection
Health maintenance, restoration and palliation
Professional relationships
Capacity building
Health Equity
Evidence informed practice
COMPLETE SOLUTION EXAM BASED!!
Who was Florence Nightingale?
answers: Founder of modern nursing; first women nurse; invented first nursing
school; improved hygiene and sanitation, supportive of British colonialism
(Indigenous peoples), extremely racist in recruitment and philosophy (any other
than white)
Who was Mary Seacole?
answers: A Caribbean nurse of mixed decent, who applied repeatedly to become a
military nurse and was refused due to her skin color, decided to make her own
military hospital and treat soldiers that way
Who was Edith Anderson Monture?
answers: First First Nations woman to become a registered nurse in Canada
American trained because she had issues getting into Canadian nursing schools
Mohawk woman from Six Nations worked as a public health nurse in New York
state until the U.S. entered the First World War
What were the main principles of early community nursing in Canada?
answers: Bringing the care to the sick rather than making them come to a hospital
Bringing care to other institutions like schools and traveling by various means to
remote places
Who was Lillian Wald?
,answers: Developed a viable practice for public health nursing (Henry Street
Settlement) - Lower East Side of New York City
- Provide well baby care, health education, disease prevention, & tx to minor
illness
- Formed the basis for public health in the US
Developed the first nursing service for occupational health (Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company)
Who were the Victorian Order of Nurse (VON)?
answers: Home care organization, doing IV meds at home, provided preventative
health services
What is community health nursing?
answers: - Involves collaborative action to promote, protect and restore the health
of people in Canada within the context of the important places and experiences of
their daily lives
- Attends to diverse determinants of health
- Population health, primary health care, disease and injury prevention, community
participation, and community development
Name 5 different practice areas in community nursing
answers: - Public health nurse
- Home health nurse
- Occupational health nurse
- Street or outreach nurse
- Outpost nurse
- Corrections nurse
,- Telehealth nurse
- Military nurse
- Mental health nurse
What are the 6 core functions of a community health nurse?
answers: - Promote, protect and preserve the health of individuals, families,
communities, and populations
- Consider and address the impact of the determinants of health
- Support capacity building approaches focused on client strengths and client
participation
- Protect and enhance human dignity respecting social, cultural, and personal
beliefs
- Advocate and engage in political action and healthy public policy
- Incorporate the concepts of inclusiveness, equity and social justice
What are the 4 levels of the Canadian Community Health Nursing Practice
Model?
answers: Core, System, Community Organizations, Community health nurses and
nursing practice
What is at the core level of the Canadian Community Health Nursing Practice
Model?
answers: Client (individuals, families, groups, communities, populations and
systems)
What is at the system level of the Canadian Community Health Nursing Practice
Model?
answers: o Determinants of health
, o Government support
What is at the community organization level of the Canadian Community Health
Nursing Practice Model?
answers: o Delivery structures and process
o Management practices
o Professional relationships and partnerships
What is at the community health nurses and nursing practice level of the
Canadian Community Health Nursing Practice Model?
answers: o Code of ethics
o Community Health Nurse
o Community health nursing standards
o Discipline specific competencies
o Professional regulatory standards
o Values and principles
o Theoretical foundation
What are the 8 CCHN standards of practice?
answers: Health promotion
Prevention and health protection
Health maintenance, restoration and palliation
Professional relationships
Capacity building
Health Equity
Evidence informed practice
