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