Deck 3: The Development of Nursing in Canada

Question 1

Which province established the first undergraduate nursing degree program?

A) Ontario
B) Nova Scotia
C) New Brunswick
D) British Columbia

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which province was the first to implement the basic entry to nursing practice as the baccalaureate degree?

A) Ontario
B) Alberta
C) British Columbia
D) Prince Edward Island

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the name of the nursing portal database that the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)has made available to all nurses across Canada?

A) The Nurse
B) NurseOne
C) Nursing Initiatives
D) Evidence-informed Nursing

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following was considered to be the main driving force for the modernization of nursing?

A) Globalization
B) The Crimean War
C) Missionary nursing
D) The women's suffrage movement

Question 5

Which province was the first in Canada to gain legislation related to nursing registration?

A) Ontario
B) Nova Scotia
C) New Brunswick
D) British Columbia

Question 6

What is the primary purpose of licensure laws for the nursing profession?

A) To protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practitioners
B) To enhance the quality of nursing care and improve Canadians' health outcomes
C) To ensure that nurses demonstrate knowledge and skills in a variety of professional roles
D) To provide an opportunity for practitioners to validate their expertise in a specialty

Question 7

During the eighteenth-century British regime,which of the following was the main health reason for the increased need for health care facilities in the British colonies?

A) Scurvy
B) Bubonic plague
C) Increased birth rate
D) Infectious diseases

Question 8

Which one of the following people decried the exploitation of nurses in schools of nursing in the early 1920s?

A) Mary Agnes Snively
B) Lady Ishbel Aberdeen
C) Jean I. Gunn
D) Ethel Gordon Bedford Fenwick

Question 9

Which of the following health care issues prompted the formation of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)in 1898?

A) Flu epidemic
B) Measles outbreak
C) Labour and birth difficulties
D) War casualties

Question 10

Which one of the following women was most influential in the advancement of nursing in Canada?

A) Marie Rollet Hébert
B) Florence Nightingale
C) Mary Agnes Snively
D) Jeanne Mance

Question 11

In the early twentieth century,which of the following was seen as critical to the nation's overall health?

A) Contraception education
B) The health of mothers and children
C) National immunization clinics
D) Rehabilitation of the casualties from World War I

Question 12

Whose definition of nursing,which was adopted by the International Council of Nurses (ICN),is the current primary description of the role of the nurse?

A) Jeanne Mance
B) Virginia Henderson
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Mary Agnes Snively

Question 13

Which of the following is the primary motivator of nursing?

A) Money
B) Altruism
C) Self-efficacy
D) A curative model of care

Question 14

What fundamental and guiding principle of French-Canadian hospitals survived into the twentieth century?

A) Universal precautions are fundamental in preventing nosocomial infections.
B) Nursing is primarily focused on the tertiary level of care.
C) Nurses need to recognize the impact of their health, values, and beliefs on practice.
D) Care is accessible to all, regardless of their background, status in life, or ability to pay.

Question 15

Where did the traditions of good nursing practice that anchor nursing in Canada originate?

A) England
B) United States
C) Germany
D) New France

Question 16

Which province opened the first hospital diploma school in Canada?

A) Manitoba
B) Ontario
C) Quebec
D) Newfoundland