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Canadian Perspective – 6th Edition by Lorraine M.
Stamler, Lucy M. Yiu & Mary Ann Doswell
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Exam Questions & 100% Verified Correct Answers
2025/2026
Contents
Chapter 1 – The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada
Chapter 2 – Policy, Politics, and Power in Health Care
Chapter 3 – Nursing Roles, Functions, and Practice Settings
Chapter 4 – Population Health and Public Health Nursing
Chapter 5 – Home Health Nursing in Canada
Chapter 6 – Advocacy, Ethical, and Legal Considerations
,Chapter 7 – Theoretical Foundations of Community Health Nursing
Chapter 8 – Health Promotion
Chapter 9 – Anti-Racism Practice in Community Health
Chapter 10 – Evidence-Informed Practice in Community Health Nursing
Chapter 11 – Epidemiology
Chapter 12 – Communicable Diseases
Chapter 13 – Community Consultation, Assessment, and Partnership
Chapter 14 – Data Analyses in Community Health Nursing Practice
Chapter 15 – Community Health Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation
Chapter 16 – Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Chapter 17 – School Health
Chapter 18 – Family Nursing
Chapter 19 – Gender and Community Health
Chapter 20 – Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer,
Intersex, and other Sexual- and Gender-Diverse Clients
Chapter 21 – Older Adult Health
Chapter 22 – Indigenous Health
Chapter 23 – Community Mental Health
Chapter 24 – Rural and Remote Health
Chapter 25 – Continuing Care: Chronic and Hospice Palliative Care
Chapter 26 – Correctional Health
Chapter 27 – Ecological Determinants of Health and Planetary Health
Chapter 28 – Violence, Societal Structures, and Health
Chapter 29 – Poverty, Homelessness, and Food Insecurity
Chapter 30 – Substance Use
Chapter 31 – Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections
Chapter 32 – Nursing in Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
Chapter 33 – Global Health
Chapter 34 – Critical Community Health Nursing: An Imperative
Chapter 1: The History of Community Health
Nursing in Canada
1. A CHN often has to make resource allocation decisions. In such cases, which
approach will most help the CHN to arrive at the decision?
a. Choosing a moral or ethical principle
b. Choosing the cheapest, most economical approach
c. Choosing the most rational outcome
d. Choosing the needs of the aggregate, rather than the needs of a few individuals
,- ANS: D
Although all of the answers represent components of the CHN's decision-making
process, the predominant needs of the population outweigh the expressed needs of
one person or a few people.
2. A PHN strives to prevent disease and disability, often in partnership with other
community groups. Which statement is an appropriate summary of the PHN's role?
a. The PHN asks the political leaders what interventions should be chosen.
b. The PHN assesses the community and decides on appropriate interventions.
c. The PHN uses data from the main health care institutions in the community to
determine needed health services.
d. The PHN works with community members to carry out public health functions.
-ANS: D
It is crucial that the PHN work with members of the community to carry out core
public health functions.
3. A registered nurse (RN), has just been employed as a CHN. Which question
would be most relevant to her practice as she begins her position?
a. "Which community groups are at greatest risk for problems?"
b. "Which patients should I see first as I begin my day?"
c. "With which physicians will I be collaborating most closely?"
d. "Who is the nursing assistant to whom I can refer patients?"
- ANS: A
CHNs apply the nursing process to the entire community; asking which groups are at
greatest risk reflects a community-oriented perspective. The other possible
responses focus on particular individuals.
4. In which scenario is the PHN most comprehensively fulfilling collaborative practice
responsibilities?
a. The PHN meets with several groups about community recreation issues.
b. The PHN spends the day attending meetings at various health agencies.
c. The PHN talks to several people about their particular health concerns.
d. The PHN watches television, including a telecast of a city council meeting on the
local cable station. - ANS: B
Any of these might represent a PHN communicating, cooperating, or collaborating
with community residents or groups about health concerns. However, the PHN who
spends the day attending meetings at various health agencies is most
comprehensively fulfilling requirements effectively, since health is broader than
recreation, individual concerns are not as important as aggregate priorities, and
watching television is only one-way communication.
, 5. The CHN working with women at the senior citizens' centre reminds them that the
only way the centre will be able to afford a driver and a van service for those who
cannot drive themselves is to continue to write letters to their local city council
representatives, requesting funding for such a service. What is the CHN doing?
a. Ensuring that the women do not expect the CHN herself to do anything about their
problem
b. Demonstrating that she understands the women's concerns and needs
c. Expressing empathy, support, and concern
d. Helping the women engage in political action locally - ANS: D
CHNs have an imperative to work with the members of the community to carry out
public health functions such as political action.
6. The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public health nurses
(PHNs)?
a. Families
b. Groups
c. Individuals
d. Populations - ANS: D
PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the
promotion and protection of health and for the prevention of disease among
populations.
7. What term is used interchangeably with the term subpopulations?
a. Groups
b. Aggregates
c. Clients
d. Communities - ANS: B
Generally, subpopulations are referred to as aggregates within the larger community
population.
8. Which activity is an example of the "advocate" role of the CHN?
a. Organizing home care support for a newly discharged older adult client
b. Acting as a member of a community action group for provision of accessible
transit choices
c. Doing prenatal assessments
d. Facilitating a self-help group for smoking cessation - ANS: B
An advocate provides a voice to client concerns when acting as a member of a
community action group for provision of accessible transit choices.
9. Which change is the primary explanation for life expectancy increasing so notably
since the early 1900s?
a. An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
b. Incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Improved sanitation and other public health activities
Canadian Perspective – 6th Edition by Lorraine M.
Stamler, Lucy M. Yiu & Mary Ann Doswell
| Complete Chapter 1-34|
Exam Questions & 100% Verified Correct Answers
2025/2026
Contents
Chapter 1 – The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada
Chapter 2 – Policy, Politics, and Power in Health Care
Chapter 3 – Nursing Roles, Functions, and Practice Settings
Chapter 4 – Population Health and Public Health Nursing
Chapter 5 – Home Health Nursing in Canada
Chapter 6 – Advocacy, Ethical, and Legal Considerations
,Chapter 7 – Theoretical Foundations of Community Health Nursing
Chapter 8 – Health Promotion
Chapter 9 – Anti-Racism Practice in Community Health
Chapter 10 – Evidence-Informed Practice in Community Health Nursing
Chapter 11 – Epidemiology
Chapter 12 – Communicable Diseases
Chapter 13 – Community Consultation, Assessment, and Partnership
Chapter 14 – Data Analyses in Community Health Nursing Practice
Chapter 15 – Community Health Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation
Chapter 16 – Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Chapter 17 – School Health
Chapter 18 – Family Nursing
Chapter 19 – Gender and Community Health
Chapter 20 – Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer,
Intersex, and other Sexual- and Gender-Diverse Clients
Chapter 21 – Older Adult Health
Chapter 22 – Indigenous Health
Chapter 23 – Community Mental Health
Chapter 24 – Rural and Remote Health
Chapter 25 – Continuing Care: Chronic and Hospice Palliative Care
Chapter 26 – Correctional Health
Chapter 27 – Ecological Determinants of Health and Planetary Health
Chapter 28 – Violence, Societal Structures, and Health
Chapter 29 – Poverty, Homelessness, and Food Insecurity
Chapter 30 – Substance Use
Chapter 31 – Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections
Chapter 32 – Nursing in Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
Chapter 33 – Global Health
Chapter 34 – Critical Community Health Nursing: An Imperative
Chapter 1: The History of Community Health
Nursing in Canada
1. A CHN often has to make resource allocation decisions. In such cases, which
approach will most help the CHN to arrive at the decision?
a. Choosing a moral or ethical principle
b. Choosing the cheapest, most economical approach
c. Choosing the most rational outcome
d. Choosing the needs of the aggregate, rather than the needs of a few individuals
,- ANS: D
Although all of the answers represent components of the CHN's decision-making
process, the predominant needs of the population outweigh the expressed needs of
one person or a few people.
2. A PHN strives to prevent disease and disability, often in partnership with other
community groups. Which statement is an appropriate summary of the PHN's role?
a. The PHN asks the political leaders what interventions should be chosen.
b. The PHN assesses the community and decides on appropriate interventions.
c. The PHN uses data from the main health care institutions in the community to
determine needed health services.
d. The PHN works with community members to carry out public health functions.
-ANS: D
It is crucial that the PHN work with members of the community to carry out core
public health functions.
3. A registered nurse (RN), has just been employed as a CHN. Which question
would be most relevant to her practice as she begins her position?
a. "Which community groups are at greatest risk for problems?"
b. "Which patients should I see first as I begin my day?"
c. "With which physicians will I be collaborating most closely?"
d. "Who is the nursing assistant to whom I can refer patients?"
- ANS: A
CHNs apply the nursing process to the entire community; asking which groups are at
greatest risk reflects a community-oriented perspective. The other possible
responses focus on particular individuals.
4. In which scenario is the PHN most comprehensively fulfilling collaborative practice
responsibilities?
a. The PHN meets with several groups about community recreation issues.
b. The PHN spends the day attending meetings at various health agencies.
c. The PHN talks to several people about their particular health concerns.
d. The PHN watches television, including a telecast of a city council meeting on the
local cable station. - ANS: B
Any of these might represent a PHN communicating, cooperating, or collaborating
with community residents or groups about health concerns. However, the PHN who
spends the day attending meetings at various health agencies is most
comprehensively fulfilling requirements effectively, since health is broader than
recreation, individual concerns are not as important as aggregate priorities, and
watching television is only one-way communication.
, 5. The CHN working with women at the senior citizens' centre reminds them that the
only way the centre will be able to afford a driver and a van service for those who
cannot drive themselves is to continue to write letters to their local city council
representatives, requesting funding for such a service. What is the CHN doing?
a. Ensuring that the women do not expect the CHN herself to do anything about their
problem
b. Demonstrating that she understands the women's concerns and needs
c. Expressing empathy, support, and concern
d. Helping the women engage in political action locally - ANS: D
CHNs have an imperative to work with the members of the community to carry out
public health functions such as political action.
6. The health of which of the following is the primary focus of public health nurses
(PHNs)?
a. Families
b. Groups
c. Individuals
d. Populations - ANS: D
PHNs use knowledge of nursing, social sciences, and public health sciences for the
promotion and protection of health and for the prevention of disease among
populations.
7. What term is used interchangeably with the term subpopulations?
a. Groups
b. Aggregates
c. Clients
d. Communities - ANS: B
Generally, subpopulations are referred to as aggregates within the larger community
population.
8. Which activity is an example of the "advocate" role of the CHN?
a. Organizing home care support for a newly discharged older adult client
b. Acting as a member of a community action group for provision of accessible
transit choices
c. Doing prenatal assessments
d. Facilitating a self-help group for smoking cessation - ANS: B
An advocate provides a voice to client concerns when acting as a member of a
community action group for provision of accessible transit choices.
9. Which change is the primary explanation for life expectancy increasing so notably
since the early 1900s?
a. An increase in findings from medical laboratory research
b. Incredible advances in surgical techniques and procedures
c. Improved sanitation and other public health activities
