Exam 22: Aboriginal Health

Case 1 Spottedfawn,55 years old,is an Aboriginal woman living on reserve in a rural northern community.She is a survivor of the residential school experience. (Refer to Case 1 above. )What level of education is Spottedfawn likely to have attained?

Case 1 Spottedfawn,55 years old,is an Aboriginal woman living on reserve in a rural northern community.She is a survivor of the residential school experience. (Refer to Case 1 above. )A nurse is working with Spottedfawn.How can the nurse enhance Spottedfawn's experience with the health care system?

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

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

A nurse is planning a presentation on diet and diabetes to a First Nations community.What dissemination strategy would be most culturally appropriate?

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

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?

What disease is currently epidemic among First Nations people?

What was the purpose of establishing First Nations health authorities?

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

What was the purpose of the Northwest Coast tribes' traditional potlatch?

What was the purpose of the White Paper in 1969?

Case 1 Spottedfawn,55 years old,is an Aboriginal woman living on reserve in a rural northern community.She is a survivor of the residential school experience. (Refer to Case 1 above. )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?

What does it mean to be a status Indian?

Why are Aboriginal people in Canada a vulnerable population?

A nurse is working as a program planner for the federal department responsible for managing the reserves and treaty Indians.What agency does the nurse work for?