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Ross-Kerr and Wood’s Canadian Nursing Issues & Perspectives: CDN NURSING ISSUES & PERSPECTIVES 6th Edition
Chapter 2 : Nursing in Canada, 1600s to the Present: A Brief Account Questions
Question 1 of 5
Indigenous people living in New France before Europeans often shared their successful health practices characterized by the use of medicinal plants. In the winter of 1536, the Indigenous people of the St. Lawrence Valley saved the crew of Jacques Cartier by which of the following methods?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Records show that the First Nations of the St. Lawrence River valley knew of the healing properties of conifers, particularly for treating conditions like scurvy. By boiling pine needles and parts of the bark, vitamin C was released; the decoction saved Jacques Cartier and his critically ill crew during the winter of 1536.
Question 2 of 5
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 epidemicâ??during which more than a quarter of the nuns diedâ??take place?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: 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 3 of 5
As the co-founder of the city of Montreal, and a highly respected 'nurse,' which nurse has an award in her name that is considered the highest award in Canada for contributions to the profession of nursing?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The highest award of the Canadian Nurses Association (CN
A) 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 4 of 5
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 1800's?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale:
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 5 of 5
The organization of the first visiting nurses of Canada, the Grey Nuns, was founded in 1730 in which province?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Marquette d'Youville founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, or les Soeurs Grises (the Grey Nuns), in 1736 in Quebec.