Development of Nursing in Canada
This unit sets the standards of nursing education
What is the provincial regulators and associations
She is the founder of modern nursing is
Who is Florence Nightingale
The history of modern nursing, at its heart is a story of?
What is globalization?
Throughout history, nurses have travelled across the globe to bring nursing services and training to communities in need (P&P, 7th Ed. p. 38(
The first publication of the Canadian Nurse was in...
What is 1905? (Our History - Canadian Nurses Association )
This nurse was first a teacher. After her graduation, she was appointed Lady Superintendent of Nurses at Toronto General Hospital and director of the school of nursing. She found there was no organized plan for classes or clinical, nor was there a residence. She rectified all these deficiency. By the end of her tenure in 1910, the Toronto General Hospital school was thriving as the largest school of nursing in Canada. She attended the 1899 founding meeting of the ICN in England and was elected as the first honorary treasurer of the ICN although Canada did not have the necessary national nursing association to become an ICN member at the time. In 1907, she established the Canadian Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses. Recognizing that Canada would need a national organization to become a member of the ICN, she founded the Provisional Society of the Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses (which later became the CNA). She was responsible for the CNA becoming a member of the ICN and later served as the vice president!
Who is Mary Agnes Snively?
This characteristics of nursing in Canada today is traced back to Nightingale
What is a highly regarded /respected profession
The earliest role of a nurse involved this action
What is the use of herbal remedies to relieve symptoms/care for the sick
Nursing schools in Canada had no financing and required students to provide nursing services to the hospital in return for their education and living expenses. This allowed hospitals to provide nursing services at minimal cost. This meant that schools had..
What is little control over nursing education?
(P&P, p.39)
Two provinces were the first to join the Canadian Association of Trained Nurses in 1908.
What are Manitoba and Ontario? (Our History - Canadian Nurses Association )
This individual from Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, broke many barriers to become the first Indigenous registered nurse in Canada in 1914.
Who is Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture (P.40 P&P)
Although she applied to nursing school in Ontario, she was denied admission. The federal Indian Act posed an additional barrier, as it restricted "Status Indians" from pursuing higher education. Undeterred, she attended SON in NY graduating in 1914 then working as a PH nurse in NYC. She returned to her community in 1919. Worked as a midwife until her retirement in 1955. Throughout her life, she advocated for better health care and the extension of voting rights to Indigenous peoples in Canada.
The mandate of regulatory nursing organizations and primary purpose of licensure laws for the nursing profession are to do this
Protection the public
The devastating consequences of First World War and the influenza pandemic of 1918 led to support for...
What is public health programs?
(P&P, p.41)
Dr. Theophilus Mack, established the first nursing school at St. Catherine's General and marine Hospital in Ontario. The school's motto was:
What is "I see am I am silent" (p.39, P&P)
In 1909, Canada joins the Congress of International Council of Nursing along with Denmark, Netherlands, Finland. They met in...
What is a London (Our History - Canadian Nurses Association)
In the half of the 20th Century, nursing administrators had used unwritten rules to prevent Black students from entering nursing schools. Agnes Clinton became the first Black nurse to graduate from Women's College Hospital School of Nursing in Toronto in 1951. She was originally denied in 1940's for...
What is " being too tall", too big" (p41 P&P)
This act was passed in Ontario in 1997, allowing RNs who hold an extended certificate to provide primary health care services.
What is the Expanded Nursing Services for Patients Act (P&P)
The first Canadian university undergraduate nursing programs initially focused on courses on this specific type of nursing
What is public health nursing (influenced by post WW II and influenza pandemic of 1918)p. 41 P&P
What is "212 training schools"
In 886 hospitals across Canada
The Canadian Association of Trained Nurses purchases this in 1916 to help communicate with their members
What is the Canadian Nurse Journal? (Our History - Canadian Nurses Association )
In 1979, this nurse was appointed by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) to develop a new...
What is the Code of Ethics
p.41 P&P)
This organization monitors the standards of nursing education in Canada to ensure that educational programs are of appropriate quality and that they respond to changes in health care.
What is the Canadian Association for Schools of Nursing? (CASN) (P&P)
Basic entry to nursing practice as the baccalaureate degree was first implemented in Canada in which province
What is Prince Edward Island?
This has had deep historical roots in nursing and health care and continues to this day
What is racism? (p.39 P&P)
The Canadian Association of Trained Nurses changed their name in 1924 to...
What is the Canadian Nursing Association? (Our History - Canadian Nurses Association )
This current nurse has led the RNAO and helped develop the BPG
Who is Doris Grinspun? (p.176 P&P)
Dr. Doris Grinspun is Chief Executive Officer of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in the province of Ontario, Canada’s largest jurisdiction. RNAO’s mandate is to advance healthy public policy and the role of registered nurses and nurse practitioners. Grinspun assumed this position in 1996. She is the founder and visionary of RNAO’s internationally renowned Best Practice Guidelines Program and a leading figure in Canadian and international health and nursing policy.