Test Item File for Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective, Fifth Edition 1-1
Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who would a district or visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in
Canada?
a. Families who could afford to pay
b. Poor and destitute families
c. The community
d. School children
Correct Answer: b (page 6); Learning Outcome 1
2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada
to combat communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?
a. Visiting nursing
b. District nursing
c. Private duty nursing
d. Public health nursing
Correct Answer: d (page 5); Learning Outcome 2
3. In the early 20th century, most nurses were self-employed as private-duty
nurses. Which statement below characterizes the social attitude of the era?
a. Public health was the responsibility of doctors
b. Visiting nurses were responsible for community health
c. The state was not responsible for health care
d. Women should not be working outside of the family
Correct Answer: c (page 4); Learning Outcomes 1 & 2
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4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
a. Prevent ill children from becoming dependent citizens
b. Promote the health of all children
c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty
d. Treat sick children so they could work and contribute to the family income
Correct Answer: b (page 5); Learning Outcomes 3 & 4
5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
a. The practices of Indigenous people
b. European settlers who were physicians
c. The wives of surgeons
d. The Grey Nuns
Correct Answer: a (page 2); Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 4, & 5
6. ___________________ were Canada’s first community nursing order who made
significant contributions to promote health equity by providing access to health
services, food, shelter, and education for people rendered vulnerable:
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. Public Health Nurses
d. School Nurses
Correct Answer: b (page 3); Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, & 4
7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care
to the working and middle class was held by which agency?
a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. Indian Health Services
d. Public Health Services
Correct Answer: b (page 4); Learning Outcomes 1, 2, & 3
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Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who would a district or visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in
Canada?
a. Families who could afford to pay
b. Poor and destitute families
c. The community
d. School children
Correct Answer: b (page 6); Learning Outcome 1
2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada
to combat communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?
a. Visiting nursing
b. District nursing
c. Private duty nursing
d. Public health nursing
Correct Answer: d (page 5); Learning Outcome 2
3. In the early 20th century, most nurses were self-employed as private-duty
nurses. Which statement below characterizes the social attitude of the era?
a. Public health was the responsibility of doctors
b. Visiting nurses were responsible for community health
c. The state was not responsible for health care
d. Women should not be working outside of the family
Correct Answer: c (page 4); Learning Outcomes 1 & 2
Copyright © 2020 Pearson Canada Inc.
, Test Item File for Community Health Nursing: A Canadian Perspective, Fifth Edition 1-2
4. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
a. Prevent ill children from becoming dependent citizens
b. Promote the health of all children
c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty
d. Treat sick children so they could work and contribute to the family income
Correct Answer: b (page 5); Learning Outcomes 3 & 4
5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
a. The practices of Indigenous people
b. European settlers who were physicians
c. The wives of surgeons
d. The Grey Nuns
Correct Answer: a (page 2); Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 4, & 5
6. ___________________ were Canada’s first community nursing order who made
significant contributions to promote health equity by providing access to health
services, food, shelter, and education for people rendered vulnerable:
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. Public Health Nurses
d. School Nurses
Correct Answer: b (page 3); Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, & 4
7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care
to the working and middle class was held by which agency?
a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. Indian Health Services
d. Public Health Services
Correct Answer: b (page 4); Learning Outcomes 1, 2, & 3
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