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14 Fundamental needs - CORRECT ANSWER: •breathing normally
•eating and drinking adequately
•eliminating body waste
•moving and maintaining a desirable position
•sleeping and resting
•selecting suitable clothes
•maintaining normal body temperature by adjusting clothing and modifying the
environment
•keeping the body clean and well groomed to promote/protect the integument
•avoiding dangers in the environment and avoiding injuring others
•communicating w/others in expressing emotions ,needs, fears or opinions
•worshipping according to one's faith
,•working in such a way that one feels a sense of accomplishment
•playing or participating in various forms of recreation
•learning , discovering or satisfying the curiosity that leads to normal development and
health, and using available health facilities
1634 - CORRECT ANSWER: 1634
Urgent call for nurses to come to the colony to assist
Problem with culture = males taking care of Aboriginal woman therefore need for
woman
1639 - CORRECT ANSWER: 1639 - 3 sisters of Order of St. Augustine arrived to
establish and staff a medical mission that was then expanded to become the Hotel Dieu
Hospital in Quebec
Small pox epidemic
Focus was on teaching however ended up nursing
Used Aboriginal peoples as assistants
1738 - CORRECT ANSWER: Grey nuns or Sisters of Charity of Montreal cared for sick
Formed by Marguerite d'Youville
Grey nuns First visiting nurses in Canada
Focus on
Health
Well being
Religious life
,They visit the sick in their homes
1760 - 1870 - CORRECT ANSWER: More hospitals built
Epidemics from overcrowding (measles, flu, smallpox)
Many untrained nurses
18th, early 19th centuries - CORRECT ANSWER: The sick and poor were in great
numbers—
"change" was needed—the stage was set for those with "social" vision
1914 - 1918 - CORRECT ANSWER: A total of 3,141 Nursing Sisters served in the Royal
Canadian Army Medical Corps and 2,504 of those served overseas in England, France
and the Eastern Mediterranean at Gallipoli, Alexandria and Salonika. By the end of the
First World War, approximately 45 Nursing Sisters had given their lives, dying from
enemy attacks including the bombing of a hospital and the sinking of a hospital ship, or
from disease. The beautiful Nursing Sisters memorial in the Hall of Honour in the
Parliament Buildings in Ottawa is a loving tribute to their service, sacrifice and heroism.
1920s, 1930s - milestones - CORRECT ANSWER: Economic depression... student
nurses 24/7 free cheap labor....many nurses had to combine nursing and non-nursing
employment to survive
1923: Goldmark report. Described appalling conditions in nursing schools.. Suggested
that money be given to university schools of nursing.... (US)
1932 Landmark report...CNA and CMA .... Recommended that hospital based schools
be transferred to universities...(George Weir)
, 1940's - CORRECT ANSWER: 1942 - integrated nursing program at U of T, rather than
sandwich program
Nursing programs began accepting African-Canadian and First nation applicants in
response to the lack of nurses partially related to the Second World War
Penicillin required injection every three hours.. Overwhelmed the physicians and turned
to nurses who adopted IM's as a standard nursing skill
1946 - CORRECT ANSWER: The first training centers for nursing assistants , offering a
nine month training program, were opened in Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton
1947 - Ontario hospitals established intravenous and blood transfusions as a nursing
skill
1950 - 1965 - CORRECT ANSWER: In the period after the second world war, the
shortage of qualified nurses required to staff hospitals, public health units, private
organizations and industrial positions had reached severe proportions in Canada.
While Canadian training hospitals and schools worked to supply a growing number of
graduate nurses, foreign-born nurses who were educated outside of Canada were
recruited by hospitals and health care organizations to provide certified care for a
population that was becoming increasingly concerned with issues of health and well-
being.
1950 1960 1963 - CORRECT ANSWER: 1950's
Auxiliary personnel such as nursing aids and orderlies expanded , along with the active
recruitment of men and immigrant nurses to fill vacancies in hospital staff nursing
positions.
1960 - College of Nurses of Ontario became the
regulatory body for Ontario nurses
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