Exam 4: Public Health Nursing

A public health nurse who engages in ongoing collection and analysis of data to identify trend or emerging problems is working towards which essential function of public health?

"The organized efforts of society to keep people healthy and prevent injury, illness, and premature death" is the definition of which term?

In Canada, public health nursing grew out of the social conscious of the social gospel movement and maternal feminism. Maternal feminists were:

Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention work of public health nurses?

In what year and in what province was the first Public Health Act passed?

Which principle of primary health care is based on the premise that citizens, collectively, have the knowledge and capacity to identify barriers to health and to determine options to overcome those barriers?

The first public health nurses in Canada were known as what type of nurse?

A public health nurse who engages in screening for nutritional diseases (e.g. scurvy) is working towards which essential function of public health?

When were the responsibilities for health and social welfare matters delegated to the provinces?

What was founded around the time of World War I by the Government of Canada to enact legislation concerning disease surveillance and to safeguard public administration of food and drugs?

Which of the following is an example of primordial prevention work of public health nurses?

List 4 skills of public health nurses

What is the mission of the Public Health Agency of Canada?

In the late 1800s, what type of organization oversaw proper pasteurization of mild, tuberculin testing of cows, tuberculosis isolation and quarantine practices, and tracking sexually transmitted infections?

Public health nurses perform their roles and responsibilities as outlined in the six essential functions of public health. One of these functions of public health is:

A public health nurse who reports health threats to various health care practitioners is working towards which essential function of public health?

Discuss the importance of primary health care and public health nursing

What world event made it necessary for preventive medicine to be integrated with clinical medicine to control the spread of disease?

What was the significance of the Public Health Agency Act (2006)?

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion led to health care reform and a new public health movement. The role of public health nurses in this new movement was to: