Question 1

The rate of tuberculosis is how many times higher in the Aboriginal population than in the non-Aboriginal population?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 times higher 
B)  4 times higher 
C)  6 times higher 
D)  12 times higher 
A)  10 times higher 
B)  4 times higher 
C)  6 times higher 
D)  12 times higher C

Question 2

What would a nurse working in a First Nations community be prepared to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  Be an independent care provider needing few networks or contacts 
B)  Work to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorders 
C)  Work with preventable conditions such as typhoid 
D)  Combat the effects of a long life expectancy among seniors 
A)  Be an independent care provider needing few networks or contacts 
B)  Work to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorders 
C)  Work with preventable conditions such as typhoid 
D)  Combat the effects of a long life expectancy among seniors B

Question 3

A nurse is planning to incorporate Indigenous Knowledge into a presentation on diet and diabetes for an Indigenous community. Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Use of Indigenous Knowledge requires permission 
B)  Use of Indigenous Knowledge requires consultation 
C)  Use of Indigenous Knowledge requires compensation 
D)  Indigenous Knowledge is never owned 
E)  None of the above 
A)  Use of Indigenous Knowledge requires permission 
B)  Use of Indigenous Knowledge requires consultation 
C)  Use of Indigenous Knowledge requires compensation 
D)  Indigenous Knowledge is never owned 
E)  None of the above A, B, C, D

Question 4

What was the purpose of establishing First Nations health authorities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Force the provincial governments to give up control of First Nations health care 
B)  Allow regional health authorities to absorb First Nations health care 
C)  Ensure the federal government would always provide First Nations health care 
D)  Prepare for the transfer of control of health services to First Nations 
A)  Force the provincial governments to give up control of First Nations health care 
B)  Allow regional health authorities to absorb First Nations health care 
C)  Ensure the federal government would always provide First Nations health care 
D)  Prepare for the transfer of control of health services to First Nations

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true of Inuit people?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are treated in the same manner as registered Indians by the federal government 
B)  They are treated differently than status Indians by the federal government 
C)  They are treated in the same manner as non-status Indians by the federal government 
D)  They are treated in the same manner as Metis by the federal government 
A)  They are treated in the same manner as registered Indians by the federal government 
B)  They are treated differently than status Indians by the federal government 
C)  They are treated in the same manner as non-status Indians by the federal government 
D)  They are treated in the same manner as Metis by the federal government

Question 6

When, and with whom, was the first contact made with Indigenous populations on what is now called Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  Norse Explorers in the 11th century 
B)  Europeans in the 16th century 
C)  Americans in the 1700s 
D)  South Asians in the 1300s 
A)  Norse Explorers in the 11th century 
B)  Europeans in the 16th century 
C)  Americans in the 1700s 
D)  South Asians in the 1300s

Question 7

Describe the Indigenous determinants of health.

Accepted Answer

Proximal (surface) Determinants: Health

Question 8

What does it mean to be a status Indian?

Accepted Answer

A)  Consider one's ethnic status to be Inuit 
B)  Recognized Indian under the federal Indian Act and has a treaty number 
C)  Has mixed heritage because one parent was Indigenous and the other non-Indigenous 
D)  Culturally an Indian, but the individual's tribe did not sign a treaty 
A)  Consider one's ethnic status to be Inuit 
B)  Recognized Indian under the federal Indian Act and has a treaty number 
C)  Has mixed heritage because one parent was Indigenous and the other non-Indigenous 
D)  Culturally an Indian, but the individual's tribe did not sign a treaty

Question 9

Traditionally, Indian Agents were assigned to each Indigenous reserve. What was the role of the Indian Agent? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Carry out the terms of the Indian Act 
B)  Decide who could have a pass to leave the reserve 
C)  Decide who could grow their own food 
D)  Decide who could raise livestock 
E)  None of the above 
A)  Carry out the terms of the Indian Act 
B)  Decide who could have a pass to leave the reserve 
C)  Decide who could grow their own food 
D)  Decide who could raise livestock 
E)  None of the above

Question 10

Mathew is a nurse working in a remote First Nations community. The client is using traditional medicine to treat a wound. Mathew is experiencing moral distress because he believes that a Western therapy is required to treat the wound. How should Mathew resolve his moral distress?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ask another nurse to take on this client so that Mathew does not have to compromise his standards of practice 
B)  Ask the client how he may support them in using traditional medicine 
C)  Transfer care to a Shaman or herbalist in keeping with the client's belief system 
D)  Tell the client that Western medicine is needed because the wound is not healing with the traditional approach 
A)  Ask another nurse to take on this client so that Mathew does not have to compromise his standards of practice 
B)  Ask the client how he may support them in using traditional medicine 
C)  Transfer care to a Shaman or herbalist in keeping with the client's belief system 
D)  Tell the client that Western medicine is needed because the wound is not healing with the traditional approach

Question 11

Which province/territory has the highest proportion of Indigenous people in comparison to the total population?

Accepted Answer

A)  British Columbia 
B)  Manitoba 
C)  Yukon 
D)  Nunavut 
A)  British Columbia 
B)  Manitoba 
C)  Yukon 
D)  Nunavut

Question 12

Mrs. Crowfoot attended a residential school in northern Alberta in the 1960s. What was she likely to have experienced during this time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Regular visits from her parents 
B)  Traditional language classes 
C)  High-quality education 
D)  Hunger and isolation 
A)  Regular visits from her parents 
B)  Traditional language classes 
C)  High-quality education 
D)  Hunger and isolation

Question 13

Why is it important not to focus on Indigenous people as a vulnerable population?

Accepted Answer

A)  More likely to take health for granted 
B)  Live north of the 60th parallel 
C)  It perpetuates stigmas of dependency and weakness 
D)  Live in a sensitive physical environment 
A)  More likely to take health for granted 
B)  Live north of the 60th parallel 
C)  It perpetuates stigmas of dependency and weakness 
D)  Live in a sensitive physical environment

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true of the way of life of Indigenous people before colonization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Childcare and education were the responsibility of the women 
B)  Elders provided for the community 
C)  Sharing of resources was expected 
D)  Transgression was dealt with by the provincial leader 
A)  Childcare and education were the responsibility of the women 
B)  Elders provided for the community 
C)  Sharing of resources was expected 
D)  Transgression was dealt with by the provincial leader

Question 15

Why were Indigenous people relegated to living on reserves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because they wanted to live together with people who understood their culture and language 
B)  Because they did not trust the European settlers and did not want to live with them 
C)  Because Britain developed the treaty method to claim land that the Indigenous people occupied 
D)  Because they decided the European settlers might come want to live close by to experience Indigenous culture 
A)  Because they wanted to live together with people who understood their culture and language 
B)  Because they did not trust the European settlers and did not want to live with them 
C)  Because Britain developed the treaty method to claim land that the Indigenous people occupied 
D)  Because they decided the European settlers might come want to live close by to experience Indigenous culture

Question 16

Discuss two-eyed seeing.

Accepted Answer

-Two-Eyed Seeing is a concept to describ

Question 17

What was the original stated purpose of residential schools?

Accepted Answer

A)  To promote and preserve Indigenous culture and heritage 
B)  To provide Indigenous children with a more comfortable living space 
C)  To ensure Indigenous children had acquired immunity to diseases 
D)  To assimilate Indigenous children into the general population 
A)  To promote and preserve Indigenous culture and heritage 
B)  To provide Indigenous children with a more comfortable living space 
C)  To ensure Indigenous children had acquired immunity to diseases 
D)  To assimilate Indigenous children into the general population

Question 18

Which of the following are some of the diseases that Europeans brought to Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  Heart disease, tuberculosis, and cancer 
B)  Smallpox, tuberculosis, and measles 
C)  Hypertension, rubella, and mumps 
D)  Syphilis, cancer, and measles 
A)  Heart disease, tuberculosis, and cancer 
B)  Smallpox, tuberculosis, and measles 
C)  Hypertension, rubella, and mumps 
D)  Syphilis, cancer, and measles

Question 19

Discuss why decolonization is important to community health nursing practice.

Accepted Answer

-The decolonization of nursing practice

Question 20

Discuss how First Nations people access acute health care services in their communities. What is the federal government's role?

Accepted Answer

- First Nations people access acute heal

Exam 22: Indigenous Health

The rate of tuberculosis is how many times higher in the Aboriginal population than in the non-Aboriginal population?

What would a nurse working in a First Nations community be prepared to do?

A nurse is planning to incorporate Indigenous Knowledge into a presentation on diet and diabetes for an Indigenous community. Which of the following statements are true? Select all that apply.

What was the purpose of establishing First Nations health authorities?

Which of the following statements is true of Inuit people?

When, and with whom, was the first contact made with Indigenous populations on what is now called Canada?

Describe the Indigenous determinants of health.

What does it mean to be a status Indian?

Traditionally, Indian Agents were assigned to each Indigenous reserve. What was the role of the Indian Agent? Select all that apply.

Mathew is a nurse working in a remote First Nations community. The client is using traditional medicine to treat a wound. Mathew is experiencing moral distress because he believes that a Western therapy is required to treat the wound. How should Mathew resolve his moral distress?

Which province/territory has the highest proportion of Indigenous people in comparison to the total population?

Mrs. Crowfoot attended a residential school in northern Alberta in the 1960s. What was she likely to have experienced during this time?

Why is it important not to focus on Indigenous people as a vulnerable population?

Which of the following statements is true of the way of life of Indigenous people before colonization?

Why were Indigenous people relegated to living on reserves?

Discuss two-eyed seeing.

What was the original stated purpose of residential schools?

Which of the following are some of the diseases that Europeans brought to Canada?

Discuss why decolonization is important to community health nursing practice.

Discuss how First Nations people access acute health care services in their communities. What is the federal government's role?

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