NFDN 1001 Midterm
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Most Tested) with
Verified Answers
Marie Rollet Hebert - Answer: Committed to teaching aboriginal children and families about Christianity
Jeanne Mance - Answer: Founded Hotel Dieu de Ville in Montreal; Founded first hospital
Marguerite d'Youville - Answer: Founder of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, which later became known as
the Grey Nuns
Florence Nightingale - Answer: Founder of modern nursing; Proved that a clean environment led to
reduced disease and wound infection
Mary Agnes Snively - Answer: First nursing superintendent of Toronto General Hospital School of
Nursing
WHO Definition of Health - Answer: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
3 Historical Approaches to Health - Answer: Medical, Behavioral and Soci-Environmental
Medical Approach - Answer: Focuses on treatment of disease; little emphasis on health promotion
Behavioral Approach - Answer: Promoted individual responsibility for health
Socio-Environmental - Answer: Combination of medical and behavioral approach; health is tied to the
social structure (poverty, air pollution)
, Ottawa Charter - 1986 - Answer: Places responsibility for health on society rather than only on
individuals; used globally as template for health promotion
Ottawa Charter Pre-Requisites for Health - Answer: Peace, Shelter, Education, Food, Income, Stable
Ecosystem, Social Justice and Equity
The Epp Report - Answer: Achieving Health for All; broadened health promotion from the emphasis on
lifestyle to include environmental determinants; 3 major challenges: reducing inequalities, improving
prevention and enhancing coping
5 Principles/Pillars of Canadian Health Care Act - Answer: Publicly Administered, Universal,
Comprehensive, Portable and Accessible
Groups of People Covered by Federal Health Care - Answer: Active RCMP/Canadian Armed Force,
Inmates of Federal Prisons, Persons covered by WCB, and Persons of First Nations Descent
Canada's Social Safety Net - Answer: Collection of services provided by the state to prevent any
individual from falling into poverty beyond a certain level; Medicare
Romanow Commission - Answer: Proposes Medicare is sustainable and must be preserved because it
presents core values of Canadians
Kirby Report - Answer: Proposes Medicare is NOT sustainable; need for stronger private sector
involvement
Primary Health Care - Answer: Health promotion and philosophy
Health Promotion - Answer: Process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their
health
Levels of Primary Health Care - Answer: Primary Care, Secondary Care, Tertiary and Quaternary Care
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Most Tested) with
Verified Answers
Marie Rollet Hebert - Answer: Committed to teaching aboriginal children and families about Christianity
Jeanne Mance - Answer: Founded Hotel Dieu de Ville in Montreal; Founded first hospital
Marguerite d'Youville - Answer: Founder of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, which later became known as
the Grey Nuns
Florence Nightingale - Answer: Founder of modern nursing; Proved that a clean environment led to
reduced disease and wound infection
Mary Agnes Snively - Answer: First nursing superintendent of Toronto General Hospital School of
Nursing
WHO Definition of Health - Answer: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
3 Historical Approaches to Health - Answer: Medical, Behavioral and Soci-Environmental
Medical Approach - Answer: Focuses on treatment of disease; little emphasis on health promotion
Behavioral Approach - Answer: Promoted individual responsibility for health
Socio-Environmental - Answer: Combination of medical and behavioral approach; health is tied to the
social structure (poverty, air pollution)
, Ottawa Charter - 1986 - Answer: Places responsibility for health on society rather than only on
individuals; used globally as template for health promotion
Ottawa Charter Pre-Requisites for Health - Answer: Peace, Shelter, Education, Food, Income, Stable
Ecosystem, Social Justice and Equity
The Epp Report - Answer: Achieving Health for All; broadened health promotion from the emphasis on
lifestyle to include environmental determinants; 3 major challenges: reducing inequalities, improving
prevention and enhancing coping
5 Principles/Pillars of Canadian Health Care Act - Answer: Publicly Administered, Universal,
Comprehensive, Portable and Accessible
Groups of People Covered by Federal Health Care - Answer: Active RCMP/Canadian Armed Force,
Inmates of Federal Prisons, Persons covered by WCB, and Persons of First Nations Descent
Canada's Social Safety Net - Answer: Collection of services provided by the state to prevent any
individual from falling into poverty beyond a certain level; Medicare
Romanow Commission - Answer: Proposes Medicare is sustainable and must be preserved because it
presents core values of Canadians
Kirby Report - Answer: Proposes Medicare is NOT sustainable; need for stronger private sector
involvement
Primary Health Care - Answer: Health promotion and philosophy
Health Promotion - Answer: Process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their
health
Levels of Primary Health Care - Answer: Primary Care, Secondary Care, Tertiary and Quaternary Care
