Question 1

Which of the following statements is true of health care delivery and Indigenous people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Health care services are delivered to First Nations and Inuit people the same way they are delivered to non-Indigenous people 
B)  Health care services are delivered to First Nations and Metis people the same way they are delivered to non-Indigenous people 
C)  Health care services are delivered to Inuit and Metis people in a different way than they are delivered to non-Indigenous people 
D)  Health care services are delivered to First Nations and Inuit people in a different way than they are delivered to non-Indigenous people 
A)  Health care services are delivered to First Nations and Inuit people the same way they are delivered to non-Indigenous people 
B)  Health care services are delivered to First Nations and Metis people the same way they are delivered to non-Indigenous people 
C)  Health care services are delivered to Inuit and Metis people in a different way than they are delivered to non-Indigenous people 
D)  Health care services are delivered to First Nations and Inuit people in a different way than they are delivered to non-Indigenous people D

Question 2

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 D

Question 3

2Which of the following terms is used to describe the power exerted by the dominant culture of settlers over the Indigenous peoples to maintain authority with the intention to replace the original population?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aboriginal 
B)  Colonial 
C)  First Nations 
D)  Indigenous 
A)  Aboriginal 
B)  Colonial 
C)  First Nations 
D)  Indigenous B

Question 4

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 5

Describe the Indigenous determinants of health.

Accepted Answer

Proximal (surface) Determinants: Health

Question 6

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 7

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 8

What disease is currently epidemic among First Nations people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Breast cancer 
B)  Trauma 
C)  Diabetes 
D)  Smallpox 
A)  Breast cancer 
B)  Trauma 
C)  Diabetes 
D)  Smallpox

Question 9

Discuss why decolonization is important to community health nursing practice.

Accepted Answer

-The decolonization of nursing practice

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

Spottedfawn, 55 years old, is an Indigenous woman living on reserve in a rural northern community. She is a survivor of the residential school experience. Spottedfawn lives with her extended family of 10 in a small house. The adults in the home are all female. What health challenge is she most likely trying to manage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Obesity 
B)  Breast cancer 
C)  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP
D)  
D)  Respiratory tract infection 
A)  Obesity 
B)  Breast cancer 
C)  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP
D)  
D)  Respiratory tract infection

Question 12

Discuss three significant changes that occurred in the health of Indigenous people after European contact.

Accepted Answer

-Communicable diseases decimated the pop

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 align with the UN's Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines 
B)  Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain their health practices 
C)  Indigenous peoples have to right to conserve vital medicinal plants 
D)  Indigenous peoples must adopt health practices of colonizers 
A)  Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines 
B)  Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain their health practices 
C)  Indigenous peoples have to right to conserve vital medicinal plants 
D)  Indigenous peoples must adopt health practices of colonizers

Question 15

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 16

In which of the following ways could an Indigenous person lose their status? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Entering the armed forces 
B)  Obtaining a university education 
C)  For a woman, marrying a non-status person 
D)  Becoming a doctor or lawyer 
E)  None of above 
A)  Entering the armed forces 
B)  Obtaining a university education 
C)  For a woman, marrying a non-status person 
D)  Becoming a doctor or lawyer 
E)  None of above

Question 17

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 18

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 19

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 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 above

Question 20

Which of the following statements is true of Indigenous people in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  Metis make up 53% of Indigenous people 
B)  First Nations make up 58% of Indigenous people 
C)  Inuit make up 15% of Indigenous people 
D)  First Nations make up 85% of Indigenous people 
A)  Metis make up 53% of Indigenous people 
B)  First Nations make up 58% of Indigenous people 
C)  Inuit make up 15% of Indigenous people 
D)  First Nations make up 85% of Indigenous people

Exam 22: Indigenous Health

Which of the following statements is true of health care delivery and Indigenous people?

What was the purpose of establishing First Nations health authorities?

2Which of the following terms is used to describe the power exerted by the dominant culture of settlers over the Indigenous peoples to maintain authority with the intention to replace the original population?

What was the original stated purpose of residential schools?

Describe the Indigenous determinants of health.

Which of the following statements is true of Inuit people?

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

What disease is currently epidemic among First Nations people?

Discuss why decolonization is important to community health nursing practice.

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?

Discuss three significant changes that occurred in the health of Indigenous people after European contact.

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

Which of the following statements align with the UN's Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples? Select all that apply.

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

In which of the following ways could an Indigenous person lose their status? Select all that apply.

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

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

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

Which of the following statements is true of Indigenous people in Canada?

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