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Ross-Kerr and Wood’s Canadian Nursing Issues & Perspectives: CDN NURSING ISSUES & PERSPECTIVES 6th Edition
Chapter 2 Questions
Question 1 of 5
The story of the early colonization of which area in Canada parallels the development of nursing?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The story of the early colonization of New France parallels the development of nursing, as it was during this period that initial healthcare efforts, including nursing, began to take shape.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following groups represent the first Europeans to tend to the sick in what would become Canada?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The first Europeans to tend to the sick were male attendants at a sick bay established at the French garrison in Port Royal, Acadia, in 1629.
Question 3 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 4 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 5 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.