PPR FINAL EXAM
Regulatory Requirements: Cognitive
- Ability to perform skills which demonstrate thinking capacity.
- remember information
- able to focus on and manage multiple pieces of information at the same time.
- able to problem solve, reason, make decisions and use critical thinking skills to
develop professional judgment
Regulatory Requirements: Communication
- ability to express and receive written, verbal and non verbal language and the ability to
interact with others in a respectful and professional manner
- recognize their own non verbal signals and interpret those received from others while
considering individual differences in expression and associated meaning
- communicate information through documentation in client charts, both paper and
electronic.
Regulatory Requirements: Interpersonal
Ability to create positive relationships:
- develop relationships and rapport with individuals and groups
- respond to the needs of clients and colleagues
- understand the differences between professional therapeutic relationships and
personal friendships
- understand that the LPN is providing care to a full range of individuals
Regulatory Requirements: Behavioural
Ability to conduct oneself in a professional manner:
- manage own behaviour to provide safe, competent and ethical nursing care
- admit to making mistakes
- engage in self reflection
- take initiative to collaborate with others to create a safe environment
Regulatory Requirements: Sensory Perceptual
Ability to accurately perceive with each of the following senses to provide safe care and
actively participate in nursing activities:
- sight
- hearing
- smell
- touch
Regulatory Requirements: Physical
Ability to perform and have control over each of the following actions to provide safe
client care and to actively participate in educational activites:
- stand and maintain balance
- possess manual dexterity
- move within limited spaces
- push and pull
- perform repetitive movements
Regulatory Requirements: Environmental
Ability to function in the presence of each of the following commonly encountered and
unavoidable environmental factors:
- distractions
, - unpredictable behaviour of others
- noxious odours
- disease agents
- noise and chemicals
The Canadian Nurses association has made available to all nurses across Canada
a nursing portal database: what is it called?
Nurseone
The formation of the victorian order of nurses (VON) in 1898 was prompted by
what?
Labour and birth difficulties
Which of the following was the main reason why health care facilities in the
British colonies were increasingly needed during the eighteenth-century British
regime?
Infectious Diseases
Who was the most influential woman in the advancement of nursing in Canada?
Florence Nightingale
What was the main driving force for the modernization of nursing?
Globalization
What is the primary purpose for licensure laws for the nursing profession?
To protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practitioners
The first undergraduate nursing program was established where?
British Columbia
Where did the traditions of good nursing practice that anchor nursing in Canada
originate?
New France
Where did the first hospital diploma school in Canada open?
Ontario
The proportion of male nurses in Canada in 2012 was ______, in comparison with
________ in the year 2000.
6.4%; 4.7%
When did the first hospital diploma school in Canada open?
In 1874, the St. Catherines Training School
What is the Victorian order of nurses?
It was established in 1898, the formation of the VON signified a professional standard of
education for Canadian nurses that recognized the need not only for altruism and
compassion but also for nursing knowledge.
What is the international council of nurses?
Was founded in 1899, the goals were the professional welfare of nurses, the interests of
women, and the improvement of the peoples health.
Early nursing history:
nursing care was often the sole weapon in fighting infectious diseases that ravaged the
population (smallpox, diptheria, cholera, typhus, trachoma, scarlet fever)
early nursing history:
The indigenous population had healthcare knowledge of their own, using herbal
remedies to relieve some symptoms of disease. Indigenous women played essential
roles within their own and newcomer communities as midwives, nurses, and caregivers.
Regulatory Requirements: Cognitive
- Ability to perform skills which demonstrate thinking capacity.
- remember information
- able to focus on and manage multiple pieces of information at the same time.
- able to problem solve, reason, make decisions and use critical thinking skills to
develop professional judgment
Regulatory Requirements: Communication
- ability to express and receive written, verbal and non verbal language and the ability to
interact with others in a respectful and professional manner
- recognize their own non verbal signals and interpret those received from others while
considering individual differences in expression and associated meaning
- communicate information through documentation in client charts, both paper and
electronic.
Regulatory Requirements: Interpersonal
Ability to create positive relationships:
- develop relationships and rapport with individuals and groups
- respond to the needs of clients and colleagues
- understand the differences between professional therapeutic relationships and
personal friendships
- understand that the LPN is providing care to a full range of individuals
Regulatory Requirements: Behavioural
Ability to conduct oneself in a professional manner:
- manage own behaviour to provide safe, competent and ethical nursing care
- admit to making mistakes
- engage in self reflection
- take initiative to collaborate with others to create a safe environment
Regulatory Requirements: Sensory Perceptual
Ability to accurately perceive with each of the following senses to provide safe care and
actively participate in nursing activities:
- sight
- hearing
- smell
- touch
Regulatory Requirements: Physical
Ability to perform and have control over each of the following actions to provide safe
client care and to actively participate in educational activites:
- stand and maintain balance
- possess manual dexterity
- move within limited spaces
- push and pull
- perform repetitive movements
Regulatory Requirements: Environmental
Ability to function in the presence of each of the following commonly encountered and
unavoidable environmental factors:
- distractions
, - unpredictable behaviour of others
- noxious odours
- disease agents
- noise and chemicals
The Canadian Nurses association has made available to all nurses across Canada
a nursing portal database: what is it called?
Nurseone
The formation of the victorian order of nurses (VON) in 1898 was prompted by
what?
Labour and birth difficulties
Which of the following was the main reason why health care facilities in the
British colonies were increasingly needed during the eighteenth-century British
regime?
Infectious Diseases
Who was the most influential woman in the advancement of nursing in Canada?
Florence Nightingale
What was the main driving force for the modernization of nursing?
Globalization
What is the primary purpose for licensure laws for the nursing profession?
To protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practitioners
The first undergraduate nursing program was established where?
British Columbia
Where did the traditions of good nursing practice that anchor nursing in Canada
originate?
New France
Where did the first hospital diploma school in Canada open?
Ontario
The proportion of male nurses in Canada in 2012 was ______, in comparison with
________ in the year 2000.
6.4%; 4.7%
When did the first hospital diploma school in Canada open?
In 1874, the St. Catherines Training School
What is the Victorian order of nurses?
It was established in 1898, the formation of the VON signified a professional standard of
education for Canadian nurses that recognized the need not only for altruism and
compassion but also for nursing knowledge.
What is the international council of nurses?
Was founded in 1899, the goals were the professional welfare of nurses, the interests of
women, and the improvement of the peoples health.
Early nursing history:
nursing care was often the sole weapon in fighting infectious diseases that ravaged the
population (smallpox, diptheria, cholera, typhus, trachoma, scarlet fever)
early nursing history:
The indigenous population had healthcare knowledge of their own, using herbal
remedies to relieve some symptoms of disease. Indigenous women played essential
roles within their own and newcomer communities as midwives, nurses, and caregivers.
