Week 10 & 11

Question 1

Emergency Definition

Answer 1

• Situation could result in serious harm
• To persons or damage to property
• Caused by forces of nature, health risk, accident

Question 2

Emergency Preparedness

Answer 2

• Look after self/family 72 hours
• Cope without water/power
• Contact family
• Receive information
• Take care of pets

Question 3

Creating a Plan

Answer 3

• Family meeting
• Consider everyone’s needs
• Create 72hrs emergency kit
• Rehearse plan
• Copies of important documents
• Out-of-town contact person

Question 4

Code Orange (Hospital)

Answer 4

• External emergency
• ER triage
• Surgery
• Decanting patients from units
• Part of CBRNE response team

Question 5

Public Health Emergency

Answer 5

• Case management
• Mass immunization/vaccination clinics
• Reception/evacuation centres
• Infection control procedures
• Isolation/quarantine protocols

Question 6

Code Red/Green

Answer 6

• Long term care facility
• Evacuate residents
• Receive residents from other impacted locations

Question 7

Provincial Government

Answer 7

• Healthcare of majority

Question 8

Federal Government

Answer 8

• Indigenous, veteran & military healthcare

Question 9

Canadian Health Act Pillars

Answer 9

• Publicly administer
• Comprehensive
• Universal
• Portable
• Accessible

Question 10

Benefits of Health Act

Answer 10

• Access regardless of pay or location
• Defines healthcare as a right
• Upholds social justice & equity

Question 11

Drawbacks of Health Act

Answer 11

• Only covers essential services
• Lack of emphasis on health promotion

Question 12

Primary Health Care

Answer 12

• Service at entry to system
• Coordinating care of patients
• Integrating care with rest of system
• Enables access to other providers/services

Question 13

Principles of Primary Health Care

Answer 13

• Accessibility
• Public participation
• Health promotion
• Appropriate technology
• Intersectional cooperation

Question 14

Primary Health Care Reform

Answer 14

• Integrated system
• Provide full services at community level
• Community health centers
• Family health teams

Question 15

Public Health

Answer 15

• Provincial governance
• Funding & infrastructure eroded

Question 16

Home Health

Answer 16

• MHLTC funds homecare
• Fastest growing nursing sector

Question 17

Public Health Agency of Canada

Answer 17

• Main government
• Lead by chief public health officer
• Protect health of Canadians
• Strengthen capacity
• Reduce pressures on system

Question 18

Home Care Costs

Answer 18

• Inequity in funding
• Access variations
• May need to pay for service
• No legislative funding mechanism

Question 19

Policy Definition

Answer 19

• Decision guiding protocol
• Definite course of action

Question 20

Health Policy

Answer 20

• Foster greater equity
• Setting for health
• Increases options/resources
• Act of social justice
• Intent to achieve _____

Question 21

Health Policy Development

Answer 21

1. Describe problem
2. Access readiness for development
3. Develop goals, objectives, policy options
4. Identify decision makers/influences
5. Build support
6. Write/revise
7. Implement
8. Evaluate/monitor

Question 22

Power Definition

Answer 22

• Ability to act to achieve a goal

Question 23

Politics

Answer 23

• Use of relationship & power
• Encourage stakeholders
• Influence policy
• Allocation of scarce resources

Question 24

Health Inequity Occurrences

Answer 24

• Bad policies & politics
• Access barriers
• Unfair economic conditions

Question 25

Policy & Political Competence

Answer 25

• Policy development not solely on officials
• Nurses need to increase political activity

Question 26

Political Advocacy

Answer 26

• Influencing policy & resource allocation
• Act of social justice
• Builds capacity
• Change social conditions contributing to poor health