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33. Why were rural public health services unorganized prior to 1920?
a) Rural centres were seen as healthy areas of the country.
b) The federal government allocated financial support to the urban areas.
c) There was an oversupply of nurses who preferred to work in urban
centres.
d) Post-diploma programs in public health focused on care in urban
centres.- -Answer- A
34. In the interwar years, which had the most negative impact on the
develop- ment of public health nursing services?
a) Lack of transportation
b) Support from family physicians
c) Tensions between local and provincial funding
d) An oversupply of nurses-Answer- C
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35. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable
nurs- ing care was held by which agency?
a) The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)
b) The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
c) Indian Health Services
d) Public health services-Answer- A
36. In 1910 the social gospel movement believed in maternal feminism.
What was the focus of their attention?
a) Improving the quality of life for the middle class
b) Alleviating the suffering of women and children
c) The health of women returning from the world wars
d) Establishing communicable disease clinics-Answer- B
37. A visiting nurse assessed the proportion that a family could pay for their
nursing care. Why was this done?
a) To provide families with charity
b) As an innovative government funding practice
c) To make families dependent on the state
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d) To prevent families from becoming paupers-Answer- D
38. Jennifer was a public health nurse in the 1930s in Northern Ontario.
What action would she have taken if she found a child with head lice in
school?
a) Do health promotion teaching to prevent head lice
b) Refer the child to the local physician
c) Send the child home
d) Describe to the mother how to treat the head lice-Answer- B
39. With the emergence of the Canadian welfare state, whom did the
commu- nity health nurse work for?
a) Provincial government
b) District nursing organization
c) Local community
d) Federal government-Answer- A
40. What event resulted in home care programs being established in Canada
in the 1970s?
a) Decreasing hospital costs
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The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada 100%
Complete With Verified Questions And Answers
33. Why were rural public health services unorganized prior to 1920?
a) Rural centres were seen as healthy areas of the country.
b) The federal government allocated financial support to the urban areas.
c) There was an oversupply of nurses who preferred to work in urban
centres.
d) Post-diploma programs in public health focused on care in urban
centres.- -Answer- A
34. In the interwar years, which had the most negative impact on the
develop- ment of public health nursing services?
a) Lack of transportation
b) Support from family physicians
c) Tensions between local and provincial funding
d) An oversupply of nurses-Answer- C
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35. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable
nurs- ing care was held by which agency?
a) The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)
b) The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
c) Indian Health Services
d) Public health services-Answer- A
36. In 1910 the social gospel movement believed in maternal feminism.
What was the focus of their attention?
a) Improving the quality of life for the middle class
b) Alleviating the suffering of women and children
c) The health of women returning from the world wars
d) Establishing communicable disease clinics-Answer- B
37. A visiting nurse assessed the proportion that a family could pay for their
nursing care. Why was this done?
a) To provide families with charity
b) As an innovative government funding practice
c) To make families dependent on the state
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d) To prevent families from becoming paupers-Answer- D
38. Jennifer was a public health nurse in the 1930s in Northern Ontario.
What action would she have taken if she found a child with head lice in
school?
a) Do health promotion teaching to prevent head lice
b) Refer the child to the local physician
c) Send the child home
d) Describe to the mother how to treat the head lice-Answer- B
39. With the emergence of the Canadian welfare state, whom did the
commu- nity health nurse work for?
a) Provincial government
b) District nursing organization
c) Local community
d) Federal government-Answer- A
40. What event resulted in home care programs being established in Canada
in the 1970s?
a) Decreasing hospital costs
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