Chapter 02: THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA

Chapter 02: THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN CANADA

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. Which one of the following is a reason to study nursing history?

a.	To fulfill provincial/territorial nursing requirements
b.	To help fill up the necessary credit hours for graduation
c.	To meet accreditation requirements
d.	To understand the present and plan for tomorrow

 

 

ANS:  D

One of the best ways to make plans for today and tomorrow is to look at the past to see what did or did not work. Lessons learned through history provide direction for current and future community health nursing practice.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 38               OBJ:   1

TOP:   CRNE Competency: Professional Practice

 

2. Which of the following makes public health nursing appealing to many nurses?

a.	The autonomy of practice and independence in decision making it affords
b.	Its focus on acute care and immediately visible outcomes
c.	The backup support of other health care professionals
d.	The rapport among the nursing staff

 

 

ANS:  A

Inpatient acute care nurses focus on acute care where outcomes are known fairly quickly. Part of the appeal of community health nursing is the autonomy of practice and independence in problem solving and decision making it affords, as well as its interdisciplinary nature.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 38               OBJ:   3

TOP:   CRNE Competency: Professional Practice

 

3. Which group was the first to establish hospitals?

a.	Feudal lords, to keep their peons working
b.	Small towns, to care for their own citizens
c.	The military, to enable soldiers to keep fighting
d.	Religious orders, to care for the sick, poor, and neglected

 

 

ANS:  D

Historically, most people were responsible for their own health care services. However, during the Middles Ages, religious convents and monasteries established hospitals to care for the aged, disabled, orphaned, sick, poor, and neglected.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 39               OBJ:   1

TOP:   CRNE Competency: Professional Practice

 

4. The Industrial Revolution caused earlier caregiving approaches—where care was provided by families, friends, and neighbours—to become inadequate because of constantly increasing demand. Which one of the following situations also contributed to the inadequacy of caregiving approaches at this time?

a.	Ongoing wars, which caused frequent deaths and injuries
b.	Horrific plagues that swept through Europe
c.	Migration and urbanization
d.	The need to pay caregivers

 

 

ANS:  C

Older forms of care became inadequate because of the social changes in Europe, with great advances in transportation, communication, and other technologies. Increased mobility led to increased demand for health care, migration, and urbanization.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   p. 39               OBJ:   1

TOP:   CRNE Competency: Professional Practice