NURS1001 - Nursing As A Profession. MIDTERM EXAM
Questions With Complete Solutions
___ ___ formed the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns): First
Visiting Nurses. Correct Answers Marguerite D'Youville
___ ___ founded the hospital in Quebec. Correct Answers
Jeanne Mace
___ ___ was the founder of modern nursing. Correct Answers
Florence Nightingale
____ _____ _______ was the superintendent at Toronto General
Hospital School of Nursing in 1881. Correct Answers Mary
Agnes Snively
_____ ______ ______ was the first lay nurse. Correct Answers
Marie Rollet Hebert
______ _____ founded the hospital in Quebec. Correct Answers
Jeanne Mance
________ ___________ was the founder of modern nursing.
Correct Answers Florence Nightingale
__________ _________ formed the Sisters of Charity: First
Visiting Nurses Correct Answers Marguerite d'Youville
__% of graduates nurses were British or French ancestry Correct
Answers 94
,1920 Correct Answers -health and social programs and
voluntary agencies (red cross, victorian order of nurses,
canadian mental health association, etc)expand
-fraternal societies and unions create trusts for ill, injured, or
unemployed members
1947 premier Tommy Douglas of Saskatchewan Correct
Answers Introduced public universal insurance hospital plan
which led to the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act
(HIDSA) of 1957
1962 Medical Care Insurance Act Correct Answers -Passed in
saskatchewan
-opposed by physicians who went on 23 day strike but
ultimately compromised on preserving physician autonomy in
exchange for a single payer system to fund services
1964 Royal commission on health services Correct Answers
Concluded that strong federal government leadership and
financial support for medical care was needed
1977 Fiscal Arrangements and Established Programs Financing
Act Correct Answers -replaced cost sharing with block transfers
of funds and transfer of tax points from federal to prov/territory
-decreased federal contributions
-extra billing of patients
-threat to universality
Abandonment, assignment and contract issues Correct Answers
- Short staffing: can cause legal problems to occur due to
inadequate # of nurses, abandonment
,- Floating: based on census load and acuteness of patients'
conditions
- Prescriber orders: must be followed unless nurse believes an
order is error, violated agency policy or harmful to patients
- Dispensing advice over the phone: high-risk activity and nurse
is legally accountable
Aboriginal self government Correct Answers Enables through
"inherent right to self-government" on the canadian constitution
act 1982. As self governance models change, it challenges
health care professionals to be responsive to aboriginal
circumstances
Accessibility Correct Answers Insures residents have
readonable access to health care facilities and providers.
(Additional charges for insured services not provided)
Acute care Correct Answers Health care deliverwd for a short
time (usually days to weeks, typically < 3 months) in which an
immediate health problem is diagnosed, treated, or both
Adult day support programs Correct Answers Continuous
health care is provided for specific clients (e.g. Those with
dementia, thise needing physical rehabilitation/counselling, or
with chemical dependency) and its associated with a hospital,
long term care facility, or exists independently
, AHHRI Correct Answers Aboriginal Health Human Resources
Inititaive
Focus in increasinf aboriginal representation in health
professions.
Assessment - Nursing process Correct Answers Subjective -
current complaint, history, medications, etc. Objective - vital
signs, intake/output of fluids, height/weight
Assisted living facilities Correct Answers Community based
residential facilities where adults live and recieve a range of
support services, including personalized assistance in achieving
optimal independance
Automatic family members SDMs Correct Answers -
spouse/partner
- parents/children
- parent with right of access only
- siblings
- any other relative
Autonomy Correct Answers Provide the information and
support patients and families need to make the decision that is
right for them, including collaborating with other members of
the health care team to advocate for the patient.
Beneficence Correct Answers - Commit yourself to actively
promoting the patient's benefit (health and well-being or good
dying).
Questions With Complete Solutions
___ ___ formed the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns): First
Visiting Nurses. Correct Answers Marguerite D'Youville
___ ___ founded the hospital in Quebec. Correct Answers
Jeanne Mace
___ ___ was the founder of modern nursing. Correct Answers
Florence Nightingale
____ _____ _______ was the superintendent at Toronto General
Hospital School of Nursing in 1881. Correct Answers Mary
Agnes Snively
_____ ______ ______ was the first lay nurse. Correct Answers
Marie Rollet Hebert
______ _____ founded the hospital in Quebec. Correct Answers
Jeanne Mance
________ ___________ was the founder of modern nursing.
Correct Answers Florence Nightingale
__________ _________ formed the Sisters of Charity: First
Visiting Nurses Correct Answers Marguerite d'Youville
__% of graduates nurses were British or French ancestry Correct
Answers 94
,1920 Correct Answers -health and social programs and
voluntary agencies (red cross, victorian order of nurses,
canadian mental health association, etc)expand
-fraternal societies and unions create trusts for ill, injured, or
unemployed members
1947 premier Tommy Douglas of Saskatchewan Correct
Answers Introduced public universal insurance hospital plan
which led to the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act
(HIDSA) of 1957
1962 Medical Care Insurance Act Correct Answers -Passed in
saskatchewan
-opposed by physicians who went on 23 day strike but
ultimately compromised on preserving physician autonomy in
exchange for a single payer system to fund services
1964 Royal commission on health services Correct Answers
Concluded that strong federal government leadership and
financial support for medical care was needed
1977 Fiscal Arrangements and Established Programs Financing
Act Correct Answers -replaced cost sharing with block transfers
of funds and transfer of tax points from federal to prov/territory
-decreased federal contributions
-extra billing of patients
-threat to universality
Abandonment, assignment and contract issues Correct Answers
- Short staffing: can cause legal problems to occur due to
inadequate # of nurses, abandonment
,- Floating: based on census load and acuteness of patients'
conditions
- Prescriber orders: must be followed unless nurse believes an
order is error, violated agency policy or harmful to patients
- Dispensing advice over the phone: high-risk activity and nurse
is legally accountable
Aboriginal self government Correct Answers Enables through
"inherent right to self-government" on the canadian constitution
act 1982. As self governance models change, it challenges
health care professionals to be responsive to aboriginal
circumstances
Accessibility Correct Answers Insures residents have
readonable access to health care facilities and providers.
(Additional charges for insured services not provided)
Acute care Correct Answers Health care deliverwd for a short
time (usually days to weeks, typically < 3 months) in which an
immediate health problem is diagnosed, treated, or both
Adult day support programs Correct Answers Continuous
health care is provided for specific clients (e.g. Those with
dementia, thise needing physical rehabilitation/counselling, or
with chemical dependency) and its associated with a hospital,
long term care facility, or exists independently
, AHHRI Correct Answers Aboriginal Health Human Resources
Inititaive
Focus in increasinf aboriginal representation in health
professions.
Assessment - Nursing process Correct Answers Subjective -
current complaint, history, medications, etc. Objective - vital
signs, intake/output of fluids, height/weight
Assisted living facilities Correct Answers Community based
residential facilities where adults live and recieve a range of
support services, including personalized assistance in achieving
optimal independance
Automatic family members SDMs Correct Answers -
spouse/partner
- parents/children
- parent with right of access only
- siblings
- any other relative
Autonomy Correct Answers Provide the information and
support patients and families need to make the decision that is
right for them, including collaborating with other members of
the health care team to advocate for the patient.
Beneficence Correct Answers - Commit yourself to actively
promoting the patient's benefit (health and well-being or good
dying).
