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Community Exam - Test Bank Questions
and Answers (Graded A)
1. Who would a district or visiting nurse most likely work with in the early 1900s in
Canada?
a. Families who could afford to pay
b. Poor and destitute families
c. The community
d. School children - ANSWER-b

1. Which community health nursing specialty emerged in early 20th-century Canada to
combat communicable disease, infant mortality, and childhood morbidity?
a. Visiting nursing
b. District nursing
c. Private duty nursing
d. Public health nursing - ANSWER-d

1. In the early 20th century, most nurses were self-employed as private-duty nurses.
Which statement below characterizes the social attitude of the era?
a. Public health was the responsibility of doctors
b. Visiting nurses were responsible for community health
c. The state was not responsible for health care
d. Women should not be working outside of the family - ANSWER-c

1. What was the primary reason for the establishment of school health programs?
a. Prevent ill children from becoming dependent citizens
b. Promote the health of all children
c. Provide food for children who lived in poverty
d. Treat sick children so they could work and contribute to the family income -
ANSWER-b

1. The earliest forms for healthcare in Canada were:
a. The practices of Indigenous people
b. European settlers who were physicians
c. The wives of surgeons
d. The Grey Nuns - ANSWER-a

1. ___________________ 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:
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The Grey Nuns
c. Public Health Nurses

,d. School Nurses - ANSWER-b

1. The dual mandate of doing charitable work and providing affordable nursing care to
the working and middle class was held by which agency?
a. The Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. Indian Health Services
d. Public Health Services - ANSWER-b

1. How were public health nurses and home visiting nurses different from nurses
employed in other sectors of the healthcare system?
a. They received less compensation for their services
b. They were dependent on other health care professionals
c. They required post-diploma training at a university
d. They offered services to the elite living in urban districts - ANSWER-c

1. Which of the following types of community health nursing refers to nurses providing
services in the most remote geographic locations?
a. Visiting nursing
b. Public health nursing
c. Outpost nursing
d. District nursing - ANSWER-c

1. Which group played an important role in developing the social and healthcare
services in smaller communities?
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses
b. The politicians
c. District and visiting nurses
d. Women volunteers - ANSWER-d

1. The first group of public health officials implemented infant and child welfare
programs in the early 20th century. What was the focus of these programs? Select all
that apply.
a. Postpartum home visits soon after birth
b. Home visits to assess childcare practices
c. Home visits to assess hygienic conditions
d. Promoting breastfeeding in various locations - ANSWER-a, b, c, d

1. Which of the following were the first two public health nursing specialties?
a. TB nursing and school nursing
b. Private duty nursing and TB nursing
c. Home-visiting nursing and school nursing
d. Outpost nursing and school nursing - ANSWER-a

1. What was the role of the first public health nurses in Canada? Select all that apply.
a. To combat communicable diseases

,b. To decrease infant mortality
c. To secure housing for the elite
d. To promote health of school children - ANSWER-a, b, d

1. Which organization is credited for establishing well-baby clinics?
a. The Grey Nuns
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. The Red Cross
d. Provincial Health Departments - ANSWER-c

1. Why did public health programs have limited success in rural and isolated areas?
a. There was a greater need for bedside nursing care
b. There were many physicians in the rural areas
c. There was higher need for health education and illness prevention
d. Local health departments were situated in rural areas - ANSWER-a

1. Which of the following statements is true of how nurses use power? Select all that
apply.
a. Nurses exert power through the language they use in nurse-client interactions
b. Nurses address power imbalances in the micro politics of social rituals
c. Nurses address power imbalances in the structural underpinnings that reinforce and
perpetuate power relations
d. Nurses address power imbalances by addressing issues of health inequity through
health policy - ANSWER-a, b, c, d

1. What are the four determinants of health identified in the Lalonde Report (1974)?
a. Socio-environmental, biomedical, disease prevention, and health promotion
b. Gender, culture, working conditions, and education
c. Biological, emotional, spiritual, and psychological
d. Environment, lifestyle, human biology, and healthcare system - ANSWER-d

1. What provided the basis for the Ottawa Charter?
a. Epp Report
b. Alma Ata Declaration
c. Canada Health Act
d. British North America Act - ANSWER-a

1. Which of the following roles best describes the work of the district and visiting nurse?
Select all that apply.
a. They provided essential emergency care
b. They provided bed-side nursing and health education
c. They provided obstetrical care in the home
d. They provided preventative health teaching - ANSWER-a,b,c,d

, 1. How did publicly funded healthcare programs change the work of visiting nursing
associations?
a. The Victorian Order of Nurses took over public health programs
b. Visiting nurses provided care to those who could not afford it
c. Hospital admission became the norm for those requiring obstetrical care
d. Chronically ill individuals no longer remained in community settings - ANSWER-c

1. Military nursing requires the nurse to demonstrate which of the following
competencies of community health nursing? Select all that apply.
a. A narrow vision that does not involve primary or secondary care
b. The ability to provide population health approaches
c. The ability to adapt practice in diverse settings
d. The ethical comportment to address conflicts that involve violence - ANSWER-b,c,d

1. Which of the following programs were taken over by the health department as part of
the process of consolidating all public health programs?
a. School health programs
b. Social welfare programs
c. Well-baby programs
d. Home visiting programs - ANSWER-a

1. Which of the following organizations is viewed as Canada's oldest and most
experienced visiting nursing organization?
a. The Red Cross
b. The Victorian Order of Nurses
c. The Grey Nuns
d. Provincial health departments - ANSWER-b

1. Early school-based initiatives involved which of the following activities?
a. Immunizations at various ages
b. Medical inspections of children followed by home visits
c. Breakfast and lunch programs
d. Sanitation and access to potable water - ANSWER-b

1. How did the reduction in government spending in the 1980s and 1990s affect
community health nurses?
a. Increased funding for physical infrastructure
b. Re-institutionalization of mental health patients
c. Improved capacity to follow-up with patients with communicable diseases
d. Reduced nursing staff numbers and levels of service - ANSWER-d

1. In which year was the Community Health Nurses Association of Canada established?
a. 1995
b. 2000
c. 1987
d. 1976 - ANSWER-c

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