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What are the 5 core professional nursing values?
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The 5 core professional nursing values are autonomy, altruism, human dignity, integrity and social justice.
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What are the 3 core concepts that underpin the course objectives & content?
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Critical social theory, phenomenology, and social justice.
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How does critical social theory differ from traditional theory?
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It attempts to change the world rather than simply explaining it.
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What does critical social theory consider?
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Critical social theory is about careful & analytic examination of human behaviour, relationships, power & particularly inequality.
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Define social norms.
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Expected behaviours, cues & attitudes w/in social groups.
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What is phenomenology in the context of this program?
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Phenomenology is exploring the subjective lived experience of others & the meaning of health/healing/illness experiences.
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What is the difference between equity & equality?
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Equity is an equal share for each person regardless of their needs, while equality is a balance that is fair and just according to individuals' specific needs.
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How did Hippocrates contribute to nursing?
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He was the first to make observations of patients & develop treatments on the basis of symptoms, therefore he's considered the father of scientific medicine & Western medical ethics.
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What did the Grey nuns do?
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The grey nuns went across Canada opening hospitals in the mid- 1700s to care for poor, sick, & orphaned people.
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What was the first hospital diploma school in Canada for nursing? When was it opened?
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The St. Catharines Training school, opened in 1874.
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Who established a nursing school at Toronto General Hospital? When?
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Mary Agness Snively in 1881.
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When was the CNA established?
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The CNA was established in 1924.
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Who was Marie Rollet Hebert?
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Marie Rollet Hebert was a surgeon's wife who provided care for Aboriginal persons & settlers during the colonization of North America.
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What was the motive for early nursing care for Aboriginal people in Canada?
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The motive was strongly tied to Christian mission work, that is, to convert aboriginal people to Christianity.
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Who was the leader of the Grey nuns?
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Margaret D'Youville.
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What did Jeanne Mance do?
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Jeanne Mance moved to Montreal from France to help those injured in the Thirty Years War. She took charge of building a hospital & became the co founder of the city of Montreal.
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Who founded the CNA?
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Mary Agnes Snively.
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When did school nurses begin to be appointed?
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1910.
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When were basic degree programs for nursing initiated?
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During the 1950s & 1960s.
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Define 'entry to practice'.
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Entry to practice means that one must have a degree to become a nurse.
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When was the first nursing doctoral program initiated?
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1991
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Since when has the minimum requirement for RN entry to practice been a BScN?
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2005
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What image of nurses prevailed from the mid 1800s through WWI?
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The 'angel of mercy' image.
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What did Edith Clavell do?
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Edith Clavell cared for people on both sides of WWI's conflict in Belgium, and helped allied soldiers have a safe passage to Holland upon their discharge from hospital.
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What image of nurses prevailed during the 1930s and 1940s?
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That of the nurse as a heroine.
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Identify 5 strategies to improve the image of nursing.
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i) change image of nurses & promote a more positive self image, ii) promote the careerist image in nursing, iii) mutual respect between academic faculty & staff nurses, iv) emphasize importance of unique body of knowledge in nursing defined through research, v) incorporate research into practice & teaching.
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What are 6 characteristics of a profession according to Flexner?
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i) basically intellectual, with a high degree of responsibility, ii) learned in nature, based on a body of knowledge, iii) practical rather than theoretical, iv) technique can be taught through educational discipline, v) well organized internally, vi) motivated by altruism.
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What are some professional roles and responsibilities of nurses?
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Staying current in terms of knowledge & skills, providing care/ treatment/ comfort, health promotion, and facilitating transition between environments for patients.
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When did the CNA develop its first code of ethics?
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1980
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How often does formal revision to CNA's code of ethics occur?
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Approx. every 5 years.
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What is affirmation?
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Affirmation is the process of declaring something to be true.
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What is the RHPA?
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The RHPA is the Regulated Health Profession Act, which covers 23 health professional groups inc. nursing.
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What is the aim of the RHPA?
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The aim of the RHPA is to regulate professional procedures, inc. consumer choice, quality care, and openness/ transparency.
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Which nursing association is a trade union?
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The Ontario Nurse's Association (ONA).
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What does the ONA do?
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The ONA creates collective agreements. They also advocate for safe environments & practices, patient care concerns, and equality.
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What nursing association creates best practice guidelines?
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The RNAO
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What is the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)?
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The CNA is the professional federation of nursing associations across the provinces & territories.
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What organization if responsible for the Canadian Registered Nursing Exam (CNRE)?
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The CNA
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What 4 competencies is the CNRE based on?
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i) professional practice, ii) nursing-patient relationships, iii) nursing practice: health & wellness, iv) nursing practice: alterations in health.
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What association establishes standards for nursing education & accredits nursing programs in universities?
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The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN).
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Describe 3 things that the national competencies do.
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The national competencies describe what is expected of entry-level registered nurses, serve as a guide for curriculum development and for public as well as employer awareness of the practice expectations of entry-level registered nurses.
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What are the 7 broad professional standard statements about?
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Accountability, continuing competence, ethics, knowledge, knowledge application, leadership & relationships.
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Define respite care.
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Respite care is care to relieve informal caregivers & give them a break.
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What is tertiary care?
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Tertiary care includes emergency transportation & specialized care such as neonatal & neurosurgery.
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What are the 5 criteria listed in the Canada Health Act?
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The 5 criteria listed in the Canada Health Act are public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability & accessibility.
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Define universality according to the Canada Health Act.
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All insured residents must have access to care, and newcomers cannot be made to wait more than 3 mos for coverage.
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What are the 2 conditions of the Canada Health Act?
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Information & recognition.
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Define portability according to the Canada Health Act.
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Those who move provinces must still be covered by home province until the new provinces' insurance takes effect, doesn't entitle those covered to receive insurance from other jurisdictions but permits emergency services to be provided when travelling for short periods.
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What is the role of the federal government in the delivery of health care services?
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Setting & administering national principles for health care system through the Canada Health Act, assisting in the financing of provincial/ territorial health care services through fiscal transfers, delivering health care services to first nations, inuit, & veterans, and providing other health related functions such as public health, research etc.
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What are the roles of the provincial/ territorial governments in the delivery of health care services?
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Services of health professionals, care in hospitals, some prescription drug coverage & other benefits, develops & administers their own health insurance plans in alignment with Canada Health Act.
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