Test Bank for Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black

Test bnBank bnfor bnProfessional bnNursing bnConcepts bn&
bnChallenges, bn9th bnEdition, bnBeth bnBlack




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, Test bnBank bnfor bnProfessional bnNursing bnConcepts bn& bnChallenges, bn9th
bnEdition, bnBeth bnBlack




Professional bnNursing: bnConcepts bn& bnChallenges, bn9th bnEdition bnTest
bnBank




Chapter bn1.Nursing bnin bnToday’s bnEvolving bnHealth bnCare

bnEnvironmentbnMULTIPLE bnCHOICE



1. Which bnof bnthe bnfollowing bncould bneventually bnchange bnthe bnhistorical bnstatus bnof bnnursing
bnas bna bnfemale-

dominated bnprofession?

a. More bnmen bngraduating bnfrom bnbaccalaureate bnand bnhigher bndegree bnprograms
b. The bnproportion bnof bnmen bnin bnnursing bnbeginning bnto bnincrease
c. More bnmale bngraduates bnof bnbasic bnnursing bnprograms bnentering bnthe bnworkplace
d. Salary bncompensation bnincreasing bnto bnattract bnmore bnmen


ANS: bnC

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A More bnmen bngraduating bnfrom bnbaccalaureate bnand bnhigher bndegree
bnprograms bnis bnnot bnthe bnbest bnanswer bnbecause bnassociate bndegree
bnprograms bnproduce bnthe bnmost bnnew bngraduates.

B The bnpercentage bnof bnmen bnin bnnursing bnhas bnincreased bn50% bnsince bn2000.
C The bnmore bnmen bnwho bnenter bnthe bnworkplace bnas bnnurses, bnthe bnless
bnnursing bnwill bnbe bnseen bnasbna bnfemale-dominated bnprofession.

D Salary bnrates bndo bnnot bnappear bnto bnrelate bnto bnthe bnrecruitment bnof bnmen bninto bnnursing.


DIF: bnCognitive bnLevel: bnComprehension bnREF: bnMCS: bn2

2. The bnracial bnand bnethnic bncomposition bnof bnthe bnnursing bnprofession bnwill bnchange bnto
bnmore bnaccuratelybnreflect bnthe bnpopulation bnas bna bnwhole bnwhen


a. the bnincreased bnnumbers bnof bnracial bnand bnethnic bnminorities bnenrolled
bnin bneducationalbnprograms bngraduate bnand bnbegin bnto bnpractice.

b. the bnnumber bnof bnAsians bnor bnNative bnHawaiian-Pacific bnIslanders bnbegins bnto bnincrease.
c. the bnpercentage bnof bnAfrican-American bnand bnHispanic bnnurses bndecreases
bnmore bnthan bnthebnpercentage bnof bnwhite bnnurses.

, Test bnBank bnfor bnProfessional bnNursing bnConcepts bn& bnChallenges, bn9th
bnEdition, bnBeth bnBlack




d. the bnnonwhite bnportion bnof bnthe bngeneral bnpopulation bndecreases.


ANS: bnA

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A A bnlarger bnpercentage bnof bnminorities bnare bnenrolled bnin bnnursing
bneducational bnprogramsbnthan bnpreviously.

B Asians bnand bnNative bnHawaiian-Pacific bnIslanders bnare bnover bnrepresented
bnin bnnursingbncompared bnto bntheir bnpercentage bnof bnthe bngeneral
bnpopulation.

C Not bnonly bnwould bnthe bnpercentage bnof bnAfrican-American bnand bnHispanic
bnnurses bnneed bnto bnincrease, bnthe bnpercentage bnof bnwhite bnnurses bnwould
bnhave bnto bndecrease bnin bnorder bnto bnmore bnaccurately bnreflect bnthe bnpopulation
bnas bna bnwhole.

D The bnnonwhite bnportion bnof bnthe bngeneral bnpopulation bnis bnnot bnlikely bnto bndecrease.


DIF: bnCognitive bnLevel: bnComprehension bnREF: bnMCS: bn3

3. Which bnof bnthe bnfollowing bnis bna bncorrect bnstatement bnabout bnthe bnregistered bnnurse bn(RN)
bnpopulation?


a. The bnracial/ethnic bncomposition bnof bnRNs bnclosely bnresembles bnthat bnof
bnthe bngeneralbnpopulation.

b. The bnnumber bnof bnmen bnentering bnnursing bnhas bndecreased bnsteadily bnover bnthe bnlast
bndecade.

c. The bnrate bnof bnaging bnof bnRNs bnhas bnslowed bnfor bnthe bnfirst bntime bnin bnthe bnpast bn30
bnyears.

d. The bnmajority bnof bnemployed bnRNs bnworking bnfull bntime bnmust bnwork bna bnsecond
bnposition.



ANS: bnC

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A The bnracial/ethnic bncomposition bnof bnRNs bnis bnincreasing, bnbut bndoes bnnot
bnapproximatebntheir bnpercentage bnof bnthe bnoverall bnpopulation.

B The bnnumber bnof bnmen bnentering bnnursing bnis bnincreasing.
C The bnaverage bnage bnof bnRNs bnin bnboth bn2004 bnand bn2008 bnwas bn46.
bnThis bnis bna bnresult bnof bnthebnnumbers bnof bnRNs bnunder bn30 bnin bnthe
bnworkforce.

D According bnto bn2008 bndata, bnonly bn12% bnof bnnurses bnworking bnfull
bntime bnhold bnsecondbnpositions.

, Test bnBank bnfor bnProfessional bnNursing bnConcepts bn& bnChallenges, bn9th
bnEdition, bnBeth bnBlack




DIF: bnCognitive bnLevel: bnKnowledge bnREF: bnMCS: bn3

4. Which bnof bnthe bnfollowing bnbest bndescribes bntrends bnin bnnursing bneducation?

a. Numbers bnof bnRNs bnwith bnbachelors bnand bnhigher bndegrees bnare bnincreasing.
b. Numbers bnof bnRNs bnwith bnassociate bndegrees bnare bndecreasing.
c. Foreign-born bnnurses bnpracticing bnin bnthe bnUnited bnStates bnare
bnseen bnas bnlessbnknowledgeable bnbecause bnof bntheir bnlesser
bneducational bnpreparation.

d. Numbers bnof bnRNs bnwith bndiploma bneducations bnare bnincreasing.


ANS: bnA

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A Slightly bnover bn50% bnof bnRNs bneventually bnobtain bntheir bnbachelors bnof
bnscience bnin bnnursingbn(BSN) bnor bna bnhigher bnnursing bndegree.

B The bnmajority bnof bnnurses bnin bnthis bncountry bnget bntheir bninitial
bnnursing bneducation bninbnassociate bndegree bnin bnnursing bn(ADN)
bnprograms.

C Foreign-born bnnurses bnpracticing bnin bnthe bnUnited bnStates bnmay bnbe
bnviewed bnas bnless bnknowledgeable bnby bntheir bnpeers bnbecause bnof
bnlanguage bnand bncultural bndifferences.

D The bnnumbers bnof bndiploma-educated bnnurses bnare bndeclining.


DIF: bnCognitive bnLevel: bnKnowledge bnREF: bnMCS: bn4

5. Despite bnthe bnvariety bnof bnwork bnsettings bnavailable bnto bnthe bnRN, bndata bnfrom
bn2008 bnindicate bnthat bnthebnprimary bnwork bnsite bnfor bnRNs bnis



a. ambulatory bncare bnsettings.
b. community bnhealth bnsettings.
c. long-term bncare bnfacilities.
d. acute bncare bnhospitals.


ANS: bnD

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