Question 1

What action did the British take to help protect the Canadian population from the dramatic increases in epidemic diseases that occurred with increased immigration in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

To protect the Canadian population from epidemic diseases, the British imposed health examinations for immigrants and established a quarantine station and hospital. However, it was not automatic that all immigrants were quarantined.

Question 2

Which of the following was a criterion for membership in The Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada?

Accepted Answer

Criteria for membership included graduation from a program at least two years in length and associated with a 100- or more bed hospital.

Question 3

Which following period is referred to as the advent of modern nursing in Canada?

Accepted Answer

The advent of modern nursing in Canada took place from 1874 to 1914, with the rise of the modern hospital, scientific developments, industrialization, and an increase in immigration.

Question 4

Which following group represents the first nurses in Canada who tended to the sick?

Accepted Answer

The first nurses to tend the sick were male attendants at a sick bay established at the French garrison in Port Royal in Acadia in 1629.

Question 5

In what year did the journal Canadian Nurse begin publication?

Accepted Answer

The Canadian Nurse was first published in 1905.

Question 6

The story of the early colonization of which area in Canada parallels the development of nursing?

Accepted Answer

The story of the early colonization of New France parallels the development of nursing because the establishment of hospitals and a health care system preceded the general settlement of the colony.

Question 7

As the co-founder of the city of Montreal, and a highly respected "nurse," who is considered one of the most celebrated nurses in Canadian history?

Accepted Answer

The highest award of the CNA for contribution to the profession is named the Jeanne Mance Award. Jeanne Mance is the most celebrated nurse in Canadian nursing history. She was the co-founder of Montreal and was also held in very high regard for the hospital she founded and the work she did ministering to Aboriginal people and settlers alike.

Question 8

Which following report provided the first evidence of concern about disease prevention and health maintenance at the federal government level, thereby aiding the public health nursing movement?

Accepted Answer

The Lalonde Report in 1975 provided the first evidence of concern about disease prevention and health maintenance at the federal government level in Canada.

Question 9

Which countries were the first charter members of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), formed in 1899?

Accepted Answer

The ICN was formed in 1899 with Britain, the United States, and Germany as charter members.

Question 10

Communicable disease took a major toll on the health of the nuns who first worked in Quebec to care for the sick. In which year did the worst recorded smallpox epidemic-during which more than 25% of the nuns died-take place?

Accepted Answer

Epidemics took place from time to time when Quebec was first settled by Europeans, but the worst appears to have been a smallpox epidemic in 1703, when more than a quarter of the nuns died.

Question 11

Which of the following was the first completely Canadian national organization of nurses?

Accepted Answer

In Canada, the Canadian Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses was the first completely Canadian national organization of nurses.

Question 12

To which province did the Grey Nuns travel first while opening up Western Canada to health care?

Accepted Answer

In 1844, four Grey Nuns travelled to St. Boniface, Manitoba, to care for the sick.

Question 13

Approximately how many Canadian nurses participated in active service during World War I?

Accepted Answer

Approximately 3,100 Canadian nurses saw service during World War I, with 47 of them losing their lives as a result of the conflict.

Question 14

Which leading figure in British nursing helped establish legislation for the registration of nurses, to raise the standard of professional nursing?

Accepted Answer

Ethel Bedford-Fenwick was influential in the formation of the first nursing organization and met with other nurse leaders to discuss the need for a drive to secure professional nursing standards legislation.

Question 15

Which province in Canada had a seminary, a hospital, and a convent before it had a population?

Accepted Answer

Quebec had a seminary, a hospital, and a convent before it had a population.

Quiz 2: Nursing in Canada, 1600 to the Present: a Brief Account