Perspective 5th Edition Stamler Test Bank

Community Health Nursing A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition Stamler Test Bank

Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada

Multiple Choice Questions

• Who would a district or visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in

Canada?

• Families who could afford to pay
• Poor and destitute families
• The community
• School children

Correct Answer: b (page 6); Learning Outcome 1

• Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada

to combat communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?

• Visiting nursing
• District nursing
• Private duty nursing
• Public health nursing

Correct Answer: d (page 5); Learning Outcome 2

• In the early 20th century, most nurses were self-employed as private-duty

nurses. Which statement below characterizes the social attitude of the era?

• Public health was the responsibility of doctors
• Visiting nurses were responsible for community health
• The state was not responsible for health care
• Women should not be working outside of the family

Correct Answer: c (page 4); Learning Outcomes 1 & 2 1 / 4

• What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
• Prevent ill children from becoming dependent citizens
• Promote the health of all children
• Provide food for children who lived in poverty
• 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:

• The practices of Indigenous people
• European settlers who were physicians
• The wives of surgeons
• The Grey Nuns

Correct Answer: a (page 2); Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 4, & 5

• 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:

• The Victorian Order of Nurses
• The Grey Nuns
• Public Health Nurses
• School Nurses

Correct Answer: b (page 3); Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, & 4

• The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care

to the working and middle class was held by which agency?

• The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
• The Victorian Order of Nurses
• Indian Health Services
• Public Health Services

Correct Answer: b (page 4); Learning Outcomes 1, 2, & 3 2 / 4

• How were public health nurses and home visiting nurses different from nurses

employed in other sectors of the healthcare system?

• They received less compensation for their services
• They were dependent on other health care professionals
• They required post-diploma training at a university
• They offered services to the elite living in urban districts

Correct Answer: c (page 4); Learning Outcomes 1 & 2

• Which of the following were the first two public health nursing specialties?
• TB nursing and school nursing
• Private duty nursing and TB nursing
• Home-visiting nursing and school nursing
• Outpost nursing and school nursing

Correct Answer: a (page 5); Learning Outcomes 1 & 3

• What was the role of the first public health nurses in Canada? Select all that

apply.

• To combat communicable diseases
• To decrease infant mortality
• To secure housing for the elite
• To promote health of school children

Correct Answer: a, b, d (page 4); Learning Outcomes 3 & 4

• Which organization is credited for establishing well-baby clinics?
• The Grey Nuns
• The Victorian Order of Nurses
• The Red Cross
• Provincial Health Departments

Correct Answer: c (page 5); Learning Outcome 1 3 / 4

• Why did public health programs have limited success in rural and isolated

areas?

• There was a greater need for bedside nursing care
• There were many physicians in the rural areas
• There was higher need for health education and illness prevention
• Local health departments were situated in rural areas

Correct Answer: a (page 6); Learning Outcomes 2 & 3

• Which of the following roles best describes the work of the district and visiting

nurse? Select all that apply.

• They provided essential emergency care
• They provided bed-side nursing and health education
• They provided obstetrical care in the home
• They provided preventative health teaching

Correct Answer: a, b, c, d (page 6); Learning Outcomes 1 & 2

• How did publicly funded healthcare programs change the work of visiting nursing

associations?

• The Victorian Order of Nurses took over public health programs
• Visiting nurses provided care to those who could not afford it
• Hospital admission became the norm for those requiring obstetrical care
• Chronically ill individuals no longer remained in community settings

Correct Answer: c (page 6); Learning Outcome 1

• Military nursing requires the nurse to demonstrate which of the following

competencies of community health nursing? Select all that apply.

• A narrow vision that does not involve primary or secondary care
• The ability to provide population health approaches
• The ability to adapt practice in diverse settings
• The ethical comportment to address conflicts that involve violence
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