Chapter 22: The Growth of Graduate Education in Nursing in Canada - Nurselytic

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Athabasca University in Alberta was one of the first to offer a nurse practitioner diploma option in 1990, called an advanced graduate diploma.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The first doctoral program in nursing was offered in Alberta in January 1991. The University of British Columbia followed suit in September 1991.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The first doctoral program in nursing became available in 1990, first at the University of Alberta and later in the same year at the University of British Columbia.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The total annual amount of funding awarded by the CNF is $250,000, and as of 2019, nearly 15 million dollars has been awarded in scholarships and research grants to nurses and nursing students across Canada.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing national survey (2018) reports that nurse practitioner programs are offered in all provinces and territories with the exception of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Yukon.