Chapter 1: The History of Community Health Nursing in Canada

Community Health Nursing A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition Stamler

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would a 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

Correct Answer: b (page 6)

2. 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

Correct Answer: d (page 4)

3. In the early 20th century, health departments were dissolved after a local emergency was over.

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

Correct Answer: c (page 3)