COMMUNITY NURSING, CANADIAN
PERSPECTIVE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Earliest form of community nursing practiced in Canada? - ANS - Indigenous medicine and
healing served the health of communities
- Aboriginal women provided healthcare & midwifery services to European settlers
Who was the first nurse in Canada who received the official training? - ANS • Jeanne Mance
(1606-1673)
Canada's first nurse practical nurse training in France, came to Canada & confronted political,
social & economic forces established community health services, founded Hotel-Dieu Hospital
of Montreal
Grey Nuns - ANS - established in 1738 by Marguerite d'Youville as Canada's first community
nursing order
- Provided access to health services, food, shelter, and education for most vulnerable, including
immigrants
- first form of street outreach nursing
Who was Marie Rollet Hebert (laywoman)? - ANS • Marie Rollet Hebert (laywoman) worked
alongside surgeon husband in early 17th century include relationships w/ Aboriginal and
learned about health/ healing value of evergreen trees as a source of vitamin C during winter
Where was the first nursing school established in Canada? - ANS St-Catharine, 1874
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PERSPECTIVE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Earliest form of community nursing practiced in Canada? - ANS - Indigenous medicine and
healing served the health of communities
- Aboriginal women provided healthcare & midwifery services to European settlers
Who was the first nurse in Canada who received the official training? - ANS • Jeanne Mance
(1606-1673)
Canada's first nurse practical nurse training in France, came to Canada & confronted political,
social & economic forces established community health services, founded Hotel-Dieu Hospital
of Montreal
Grey Nuns - ANS - established in 1738 by Marguerite d'Youville as Canada's first community
nursing order
- Provided access to health services, food, shelter, and education for most vulnerable, including
immigrants
- first form of street outreach nursing
Who was Marie Rollet Hebert (laywoman)? - ANS • Marie Rollet Hebert (laywoman) worked
alongside surgeon husband in early 17th century include relationships w/ Aboriginal and
learned about health/ healing value of evergreen trees as a source of vitamin C during winter
Where was the first nursing school established in Canada? - ANS St-Catharine, 1874
1 Copyright ©BRIGHSTARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2025
