Deck 21: The Growth of Graduate Education in Nursing in Canada

Question 1

In which year did doctoral education for nursing become available in Canada?

A)1989
B)1991
C)1993
D)1995

Answer 1

1991

Question 2

The Canadian Nurses Association Committee on Nursing Education made which one of the following recommendations at its 32nd Biennial Convention in 1962?

A)Directors of Schools of Nursing need not be nurses
B)Baccalaureate nursing programs should be expanded
C)Nursing professors require academic preparation at the diploma level
D)Directors of Schools of Nursing should be prepared at the baccalaureate level

Answer 2

Baccalaureate nursing programs should be expanded

Question 3

How many doctoral nursing programs were available in Canada in 2009?

A)11
B)13
C)15
D)17

Answer 3

13

Question 4

The graduate program initiated in 1966 at l'Université de Montréal was the first to implement which one of the following?

A)A science-based nursing degree
B)An integrated nursing practice program
C)The first French-language nursing program in the world
D)The first graduate nursing program to not charge tuition fees

Question 5

Which following reason is cited for why Canadian nurses were still travelling to the United States for graduate study during the 1960s, instead of enrolling in the new Canadian graduate nursing programs?

A)Historical precedent
B)There was less competition in the US programs.
C)The US programs had lower tuition fees.
D)Canadian programs had too many choices for nursing specialties.

Question 6

Which province hosted the first doctoral nursing program?

A)Ontario
B)Quebec
C)Alberta
D)Manitoba

Question 7

Which organization partnered with the Medical Research Council in 1988 to undertake a special initiative to develop nursing research?

A)Canadian Nurses Association
B)Canadian Nurses Foundation
C)National Health Research and Development Program
D)Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Question 8

Which of the following was a final recommendation of the Working Group on Nursing Research that was established in 1982?

A)Designate nursing research funding within the Medical Research Council.
B)Assist in creating Master's of Nursing programs in every province and territory.
C)Establish a peer-reviewed nursing research journal that publishes only Canadian nursing research.
D)Lobby the government to establish various nursing research funds for quantitative and qualitative research.

Question 9

What happened to doctoral program enrollments in Canada between 2000 and 2005?

A)Enrollment decreased tenfold.
B)Enrollment stayed the same from 2000 to 2005.
C)Doctoral program intake in 2005 was more than double the intake of 2000.
D)Doctoral program seats increased significantly in Canada, but enrollment increased by only 10%.

Question 10

Which Canadian university was the first to offer a nurse practitioner diploma option?

A)McGill University
B)Athabasca University
C)University of Toronto
D)University of Calgary

Question 11

Approximately how many Ph.D. nursing programs are there in Canada?

A)5
B)8
C)10
D)13

Question 12

The majority of funding for graduate nursing programs in Canada came from which following area?

A)University alumnae
B)The business sector
C)Hospital organizations
D)The Kellogg Foundation

Question 13

Which following model is still favoured in doctoral programs with respect to research training?

A)Subservient model
B)Apprenticeship model
C)Medical science model
D)Health and illness continuum model

Question 14

Which of the following represents the main purpose of doctoral education?

A)Knowledge synthesis
B)Knowledge creation
C)Receiving credentials to enhance university status
D)Attracting qualified faculty to tenure positions

Question 15

Which of the following is one reason cited for the failure of the 1988 funded scientists program to attract qualified faculty?

A)Heavy teaching workloads
B)Easily accessible nursing research funding
C)Too much emphasis on research within universities
D)Women were not encouraged to enter research funding competitions