NURSING 2750 – MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
What is foundational to health equity and central to CHN?
Social justice
What is not insured by the Canada Health Act?
Home care
What is the mission of the Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC)?
advance practice and to improve the health of Canadians
An RN in primary practice is promoting physical activity. What CCHN standard is the
nurse attempting to meet?
Standard 1: Health Promotion
What statement best represents the work of an outreach/street nurse?
They use harm reduction strategies specific to vulnerable population groups
What is an example of primordial prevention work of a PHN?
Advocating for communities to have access to iodized salt
What is an example of secondary prevention?
Using the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS)
A nurse is working to address the effects of poverty on a community. What PHC value is
being enacted?
Social justice
A nurse is checking website content for readability. What is readability?
A measure of how easy and comfortable text can be read
The process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health is a
definition of what concept?
Health promotion
What are challenges in community health nursing?
1. Health system challenges
2. Lack of role clarity
3. Need for strong leadership
4. Issues in inter professional relationships
, What was the earliest form of health care in Canada?
Indigenous medicine and healing practices
Victorian Order of Nurses
Started by Lady Aberdeen and developed community health services for the rural and poor
communities and immigrant women.
The Grey Nuns
Established by Marguerite d'Youville, the first Canadian community nursing order and
established relationships with First Nation to learn about health and healing.
First form of "street outreach nursing" in the early 1700s.
Jeanne Mance
nurse; established first hospital in Montreal
Socioecological challenges occurred due to:
- Immigrations
- Inability to provide basic health to settlers
- Indigenous peoples experiencing epidemics introduced by immigrants. Ex. TB, smallpox,
influenza, etc.
Socioecological context of community health nursing
Health promotion influenced by Florence Nightingale and Mary Seattle use of epidemiology,
statistics, awareness of environmental factors, and social determinants of health.
Romanow Commission (2002) on the future of health care in Canada
- Recommends shifting policy toward primary healthcare, home healthcare, and health
promotion, with nurses playing a key role.
- CHNs must be part of a sustainable public health workforce with emphasis on intersectoral
policy development and inter professional collaboration.
Who are community health nurses (CHNs)?
Public health nurses (PHNs), home health nurses (HHNs), and RN's in primary care
The CHNC 2019 practice model includes what?
Includes a structure, process and values supporting nurses' control over nursing care delivery and
the environment in which care is delivered. It describes 13 components and organized into 4
main categories.
What are the 4 categories of the CHNC 2019 practice model?
1. Client
2. CHNs and nursing practice
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
What is foundational to health equity and central to CHN?
Social justice
What is not insured by the Canada Health Act?
Home care
What is the mission of the Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC)?
advance practice and to improve the health of Canadians
An RN in primary practice is promoting physical activity. What CCHN standard is the
nurse attempting to meet?
Standard 1: Health Promotion
What statement best represents the work of an outreach/street nurse?
They use harm reduction strategies specific to vulnerable population groups
What is an example of primordial prevention work of a PHN?
Advocating for communities to have access to iodized salt
What is an example of secondary prevention?
Using the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS)
A nurse is working to address the effects of poverty on a community. What PHC value is
being enacted?
Social justice
A nurse is checking website content for readability. What is readability?
A measure of how easy and comfortable text can be read
The process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health is a
definition of what concept?
Health promotion
What are challenges in community health nursing?
1. Health system challenges
2. Lack of role clarity
3. Need for strong leadership
4. Issues in inter professional relationships
, What was the earliest form of health care in Canada?
Indigenous medicine and healing practices
Victorian Order of Nurses
Started by Lady Aberdeen and developed community health services for the rural and poor
communities and immigrant women.
The Grey Nuns
Established by Marguerite d'Youville, the first Canadian community nursing order and
established relationships with First Nation to learn about health and healing.
First form of "street outreach nursing" in the early 1700s.
Jeanne Mance
nurse; established first hospital in Montreal
Socioecological challenges occurred due to:
- Immigrations
- Inability to provide basic health to settlers
- Indigenous peoples experiencing epidemics introduced by immigrants. Ex. TB, smallpox,
influenza, etc.
Socioecological context of community health nursing
Health promotion influenced by Florence Nightingale and Mary Seattle use of epidemiology,
statistics, awareness of environmental factors, and social determinants of health.
Romanow Commission (2002) on the future of health care in Canada
- Recommends shifting policy toward primary healthcare, home healthcare, and health
promotion, with nurses playing a key role.
- CHNs must be part of a sustainable public health workforce with emphasis on intersectoral
policy development and inter professional collaboration.
Who are community health nurses (CHNs)?
Public health nurses (PHNs), home health nurses (HHNs), and RN's in primary care
The CHNC 2019 practice model includes what?
Includes a structure, process and values supporting nurses' control over nursing care delivery and
the environment in which care is delivered. It describes 13 components and organized into 4
main categories.
What are the 4 categories of the CHNC 2019 practice model?
1. Client
2. CHNs and nursing practice
