BSNC 1020 - Midterm (Module 1-3) Exam
Questions and Answers
Who is Florence Nightingale? - Answer -Founder of modern nursing
What did Florence Nightingale do? - Answer -Insisted on better hygiene infield hospitals
and founded the first school of nursing
What did Florence Nightingale do for the Crimean War? - Answer -Reduced mortality
rates by improving sanitation measures
What is the Nightingale Fund? - Answer -Promotes nurse training and used to establish
the first Nightingale School of Nursing in London
What is the Nightingale Model? - Answer -A standard for proper education and
supervision of nurses in practice
What did Florence Nightingale advocate for? - Answer -Health of people, health care
reformation, and education preparation for nursing
What is the Victorian Order of Nurses? - Answer -Signified a professional standard of
education for Canadian nurses that recognized the need for altruism, compassion, and
nursing knowledge
What are the Sisters of Charity (Grey Nuns)? - Answer -Pledged their lives to help the
poor and sick with home visits. Established the first surgical hospital for women.
Who formed Sisters of Charity? - Answer -Marguerite d'Youville
Who was the first woman to provide nursing care? - Answer -Marie Rollet Hebert
What was the first Canadian hospital? - Answer -Hotel-Dieu-Quebec
Who is Jeanne Mance? - Answer -She was the only one with healthcare knowledge in
the settlement. She recruited settlers and nuns to help with the hospital. She was the
founder of Montreal.
What did Jeanne Mance do? - Answer -She provided nursing care for wounded villagers
and aboriginal people.
, What is the first hospital diploma school? - Answer -St. Catherine's Training School
Who is Mary Agnes Snively? - Answer -Director of Nursing School at Toronto General
Hospital and
Founder of Canadian Nurses Association.
What did Mary Agnes Snively do? - Answer -Established the first nursing student
residence and a proper curriculum
What were the ICN's goals? - Answer -Professional welfare of nurses, interests of
women, and improvement of people's health
What was the first Canadian undergraduate nursing degree program? - Answer -UBC
Who is Sister Simone Roach? - Answer -Told to develop a code of ethics
What is professionalism in nursing? - Answer -Behaviours, skills, and attributes required
or expected of members of the a profession.
How do nurses show professionalism? - Answer -Providing quality care to patients
through a commitment to profession-led regulation, professional ethics, personal health,
fitness to practice, legal, and ethical dimensions to nursing
What does the BCCNM do? - Answer -Sets standards of practice, limits, and conditions
related to the scope of practice.
Who does the BCCNM serve? - Answer -Public
Who does the BCCNM get its authority from? - Answer -Health Professions Act
What does the BCCNM do for nurses? - Answer -Gives us registration
Who does the BCCNM regulate? - Answer -Licensed Practical Nurses, Psychiatric
Nursing, Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives
What are BCCNM's standards? - Answer -Professional standards, practice standards,
scope of practice standards, and limits and conditions
What do BCCNM's professional standards do? - Answer -Framework for nursing
practice in BC. Describes the minimal level of performance required to provide safe,
competent, and ethical care.
What do BCCNM's practice standards do? - Answer -Provide further direction by
outlining principles and requirements related to specific aspects of nursing practice
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