COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN
CANADA 4TH EDITION SANDRA A
MACDONALD TEST BANK ACTUAL
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⫸ The Elizabeth Poor Law of 1601 is similar to which current law?
a) Welfare
b) Food stamps
c) Medicaid
d) Medicare Answer: C
The Poor Law guaranteed medical care for poor, blind, and "lame"
individuals, similar to Medicaid.
⫸ How did the Industrial Revolution result in previous caregiving
approaches, such as care by families, friends, and neighbors, becoming
inadequate?
a) Economic and political wars resulted in frequent death and injuries
,b) Incredible plagues consistently and constantly swept the European
continent
c) Migration and urbanization resulted in increased demand for care
d) Caregivers could easily find other employment, so they demanded to
be paid Answer: C
Care become inadequate because of the social changes in Europe, with
great advances in transportation, communication, and other
technologies. The increased mobility led to migration and urbanization,
which in turn led to increased need for care.
⫸ A colonist is working in the public health sector in early colonial
America. Which of the following activities would have likely been
completed?
a) Establishing schools of nursing
b) Developing vaccines to administer to large number of people
c) Collecting vital statistics and improving sanitation
d) Developing public housing and almshouses Answer: C
,The other choices are events that happened after the colonial period.
⫸ Why did American citizens become interested in establishing
government-controlled boards of health?
a) They were afraid of infectious diseases such as yellow fever
b) The government could force the poverty-stricken to accept care
c) Such boards could tax and thereby ensure adequate funds to pay for
care
d) Such as system would allow for accurate records of births and deaths
Answer: A
Threat of disease, especially yellow fever, led to public interest in
establishing government-sponsored, or official, boards of health.
⫸ A nurse was employed by the Marine Hospital Service in 1800.
Which of the following interventions would the nurse most likely have
completed?
a) Setting policy on quarantine legislation for immigrants
, b) Establishing hospital-based programs to care for the sick at home
c) Identifying and improving environmental conditions
d) Providing health care for merchant seamen Answer: D
Providing healthcare to seamen was an early effort by the federal
government to improve public health. The purpose of the Marine
Hospital Service was to secure its maritime trade and seacost cities.
⫸ What was the outcome of the Shattuck Report?
a) Efforts to control alcohol and drug abuse, as well as tobacco use, were
initiated
b) Environmental sanitation efforts became an immediate priority
c) Guidelines for modern public health organizations were eventually
developed
d) Local and state governments established boards of health after its
publication Answer: C