COMMUNITY HEALTH
NURSING:
A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE
5th Edition, By Stamler, Yiu
ST
TEST BANK
UV
IA
AP
PR
OV
ED
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,Chapter 1, 5e: The History of Community Health
Nursing in Canada by Stamler
Multiple Choice Questions
ST
1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
a. Families who could afford to pay
b. Poor and destitute families
UV
c. The community
d. School children
Correct Answer: b (page 6)
IA
2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada to combat
communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?
AP
a. Visiting nursing
b. District nursing
c. Private duty nursing
PR
d. Public health nursing
Correct Answer: d (page 4)
OV
3. In the early 20th century, health departments were dissolved after a local emergency was over.
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
ED
c. The state was not responsible for health care
d. Women should not be working outside of the family
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Correct Answer: c (page 3)
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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
ST
Correct Answer: b (page 4)
5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
UV
a. The practices of Aboriginal people
b. European settlers who were physicians
c. The wives of surgeons
IA
d. The Grey Nuns-first community nursing
Correct Answer: a (page 2)
AP
6. were Canada’s first community nursing order who made significant
contributions to providing access to health services, food, shelter, and education for the most
vulnerable:
PR
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. Public Health Nurses
OV
d. School Nurses
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and frontier area)
Correct Answer: b (page 3)
ED
7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care was held by
which agency?
a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
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b. The Victorian Order of Nurses-lady aberdeen led the development
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c. Indian Health Services
d. Public Health Services
Correct Answer: b (page 4)
, 8. How were public health nurses and home visiting nurses different from nurses employed in
other sectors of the healthcare system?
a. They received less compensation for their services
b. They were dependent on other health care professionals
c. They required post-diploma training at a university
ST
d. They offered services to the elite living in urban districts
Correct Answer: c (page 4)
UV
9. Which of the following were the first two public health nursing specialties?
a. TB nursing and school nursing
b. Private duty nursing and TB nursing
IA
c. Home-visiting nursing and school nursing
d. Outpost nursing and school nursing
AP
Correct Answer: a (page 4)
10. What was the role of the first public health nurses in Canada?
a. To assess hygiene conditions in the home
PR
b. To conduct well baby clinics
c. To promote breastfeeding of newborn infants
d. To promote health of school children
OV
Correct Answer: d (page 4)
11. Which organization is credited for establishing well-baby clinics?
a. The Grey Nuns
ED
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. The Red Cross
d. Provincial Health Departments
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Correct Answer: c (page 5)
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NURSING:
A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE
5th Edition, By Stamler, Yiu
ST
TEST BANK
UV
IA
AP
PR
OV
ED
? ?
,Chapter 1, 5e: The History of Community Health
Nursing in Canada by Stamler
Multiple Choice Questions
ST
1. Who would a visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in Canada?
a. Families who could afford to pay
b. Poor and destitute families
UV
c. The community
d. School children
Correct Answer: b (page 6)
IA
2. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada to combat
communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?
AP
a. Visiting nursing
b. District nursing
c. Private duty nursing
PR
d. Public health nursing
Correct Answer: d (page 4)
OV
3. In the early 20th century, health departments were dissolved after a local emergency was over.
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
ED
c. The state was not responsible for health care
d. Women should not be working outside of the family
?
Correct Answer: c (page 3)
?
, 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
ST
Correct Answer: b (page 4)
5. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
UV
a. The practices of Aboriginal people
b. European settlers who were physicians
c. The wives of surgeons
IA
d. The Grey Nuns-first community nursing
Correct Answer: a (page 2)
AP
6. were Canada’s first community nursing order who made significant
contributions to providing access to health services, food, shelter, and education for the most
vulnerable:
PR
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. Public Health Nurses
OV
d. School Nurses
e. nursing sisters -first to provide health care in remote and frontier area)
Correct Answer: b (page 3)
ED
7. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care was held by
which agency?
a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
?
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses-lady aberdeen led the development
?
c. Indian Health Services
d. Public Health Services
Correct Answer: b (page 4)
, 8. How were public health nurses and home visiting nurses different from nurses employed in
other sectors of the healthcare system?
a. They received less compensation for their services
b. They were dependent on other health care professionals
c. They required post-diploma training at a university
ST
d. They offered services to the elite living in urban districts
Correct Answer: c (page 4)
UV
9. Which of the following were the first two public health nursing specialties?
a. TB nursing and school nursing
b. Private duty nursing and TB nursing
IA
c. Home-visiting nursing and school nursing
d. Outpost nursing and school nursing
AP
Correct Answer: a (page 4)
10. What was the role of the first public health nurses in Canada?
a. To assess hygiene conditions in the home
PR
b. To conduct well baby clinics
c. To promote breastfeeding of newborn infants
d. To promote health of school children
OV
Correct Answer: d (page 4)
11. Which organization is credited for establishing well-baby clinics?
a. The Grey Nuns
ED
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. The Red Cross
d. Provincial Health Departments
?
Correct Answer: c (page 5)
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