Question 1

A talking stick can be

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A)  a stick. 
B)  a feather. 
C)  a rock. 
D)  a shell. 
E)  all of the above.

Question 2

The medicine wheel has been adapted by different Indigenous groups into many forms with the colours to be taken to mean the following except

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A)  North, South, East, West 
B)  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter 
C)  Fire, Wind, Water, Earth 
D)  Birth, Youth, Manhood, Death

Question 3

Pre-modern cultures perceive the world as

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A)  divided into separate and mutually exclusive spheres of human and natural knowledge. 
B)  a living, unified and interconnected whole in which everything influences everything else. 
C)  a flat disc floating through space, with the sun orbiting around it. 
D)  inanimate matter that can be manipulated for the benefit of human beings. 
E)  b and c.

Question 4

The medicine wheel is

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A)  a useful way of representing Indigenous philosophy of health and well-being. 
B)  falling into disuse. 
C)  being taken up by peoples who have never used it before. 
D)  a and c

Question 5

Why are health and food security often a problem in Aboriginal communities?

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A)  Traditional hunting and gathering can no longer feed everyone. 
B)  Remote and impoverished communities lack the resources of prosperous urban areas. 
C)  Government cutbacks have affected community health. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 6

Provide three therapeutic benefits identified with use of a sweat lodge.

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The answer of Provide three therapeutic benefits identified with use...

Question 7

Epistemology is

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A)  a way of knowing about the world and how it works. 
B)  a field of spiritual and metaphysical inquiry. 
C)  defined as a way of thinking about human identity and the fundamental nature of human existence. 
D)  a theory of mind used extensively in philosophy.

Question 8

The talking stick

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A)  gives members of a talking circle the right to speak. 
B)  organises meetings in a non-hierarchical way. 
C)  represents democratic traditions in many Indigenous cultures. 
D)  all of the above.

Question 9

A culturally sensitive nurse would recognise that First Nations

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A)  are taught to suppress pain and not talk about self. 
B)  cry and mourn loudly with the death of a community member. 
C)  wear copper bracelets as a preventative measure for arthritis. 
D)  value assertiveness as a communication style.

Question 10

What are the four colours of the medicine wheel?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black, Brown, Purple and Green 
B)  Black, Blue, Red and White 
C)  Yellow, Black, Red and White 
D)  Green, Black, Brown and White

Question 11

The ritual most often used prior to any major ceremony or celebration, or to cleanse an individual, for the purpose of clearing away negative energy, to invite in peace and harmony is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  smudging 
B)  medicine wheel 
C)  sweat lodge 
D)  midewiwin

Question 12

Herbs used in smudging often include

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A)  cedar, tobacco, sweetgrass and white sage. 
B)  rosemary, tobacco, basil and thyme, 
C)  wild onion, savoury, rosemary and basil. 
D)  spruce buds, pine needles, juniper and wild rose.

Question 13

The traditional ceremony most often used by those participating in the spiritual purification of the body, mind and soul with the intended purpose of prayer and healing of the individual holistically is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  smudging. 
B)  sweat lodge. 
C)  medicine wheel. 
D)  midewiwin.

Question 14

Health is

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A)  a matter of both physical and mental well-being. 
B)  the absence of disease. 
C)  how we live every day. 
D)  all of the above.

Question 15

The four spheres that Indigenous people believe illness to be a result of an imbalance of one or more amongst them: _______, _______, ________, ________

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Question 16

How does epistemological accommodation apply to the Canadian nursing context?

Accepted Answer

A)  It doesn't apply at all. 
B)  It allows both practitioners and patients to retain their own values while accommodating each other in the clinical setting. 
C)  It explicitly gives practitioners permission to compromise professional standards in order to provide patient oriented care. 
D)  It views the nurse as having an insignificant role in the Canadian healthcare system.

Question 17

What was an important ingredient in Sophie Thomas' anti-cancer medicine?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aspirin 
B)  red Alder 
C)  cedar root 
D)  stinging Nettle 
E)  all of the above

Question 18

Non-modern epistemology is defined as

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A)  combining a pre-modern world view with the use of the tools and techniques of modern science, technology and biomedicine. 
B)  a belief that rejects all aspects of modern science and medicine in favour of returning to pre-modern life. 
C)  the philosophy that underlay the 1970's Back to the Land movement. 
D)  refusal to receive blood transfusions on religious grounds. 
E)  none of the above.

Question 19

What is biomedicine?

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A)  The application of biological science to human health 
B)  A curative, technological approach to physical illness 
C)  A totalitarian ideology 
D)  All of the above

Question 20

What do Sophie Thomas' patients attribute her success to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Her herbal medicines 
B)  Red willow bark 
C)  Her capacity for caring for her patients 
D)  All of the above

Exam 2: Western and Indigenous Ways of Knowing