Test Bank for Community Health Nursing A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition by Stamler.

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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 oi oi oi oi




b. Poor and destitute families oi oi oi




c. The community oi




d. School children oi




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?
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a. Visiting nursing oi




b. District nursing oi




c. Private duty nursing oi oi




d. Public health nursing oi oi




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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i was over. Which statement below characterizes the social attitude of the era?
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a. Public health was the responsibility ofdoctors oi oi oi oi oi




b. Visiting nurses were responsible for communityhealth oi oi oi oi oi




c. The state was not responsible for health care
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d. Women should not be working outside of the family oi oi oi oi oi oi oi oi




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 oi oi oi oi oi




b. Promote the health of allchildren oi oi oi oi




c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty oi oi oi oi oi oi oi




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 oi oi oi oi




c. The wives of surgeons oi oi oi




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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i significant contributions to providing access to health services, food, shelter, and
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education for the mostvulnerable: oi oi oi




a. The Victorian Order ofNurses oi oi oi oi




b. The Grey Nuns oi oi




c. Public Health Nurses oi oi




d. School Nurses oi




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 oi oi




d. Public Health Services oi oi




Correct Answer: b (page 4)
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