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Chapter 1: Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health
Care Environment Black
10th Edition — Beth Black
CHAPTER 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical
status of nursing as a female-dominated profession?
A. More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree
programs
B. The proportion of men in nursing beginning to increase
C. More male graduates of basic nursing programs entering the
workplace
D. Salary compensation increasing to attract more men
CORRECT ANSWER: C
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A. More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree
programs is not the best correct answer because associate degree
programs produce the most new graduates.
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B. The percentage of men in nursing has increased 50% since
2000.
C. The more men who enter the workplace as nurses, the less
nursing will be seen as a female-dominated profession.
D. Salary rates do not appear to relate to the recruitment of men
into nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
REF: MCS: 2
2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession
will change to more accurately reflect the population as a
whole when:
A. The increased numbers of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled
in educational programs graduate and begin to practice.
B. The number of Asian or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders
begins to increase.
C. The percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses
decreases more than the percentage of White nurses.
D. The nonwhite portion of the general population decreases.
CORRECT ANSWER: A
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A. A larger percentage of minorities are enrolled in nursing
educational programs than previously.
B. Asian and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders are
overrepresented in nursing compared to their percentage of the
general population.
C. Not only would the percentage of African-American and
Hispanic nurses need to increase, the percentage of White nurses
would have to decrease in order to more accurately reflect the
population as a whole.
D. The nonwhite portion of the general population is not likely to
decrease.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
REF: MCS: 3
3. Which of the following is a correct statement about the
registered nurse (RN) population?
A. The racial/ethnic composition of RNs closely resembles that of
the general population.
B. The number of men entering nursing has decreased steadily
over the last decade.
C. The rate of aging of RNs has slowed for the first time in the past
30 years.