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CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Nursingin Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
Chapter 2. The Historyand Social Context of Nursing
Chapter 3. Nursing’s Pathwayto Professionalism
Chapter 4. Nursing Education in an Evolving Health Care Environment
Chapter5. Becominga Professional Nurse: Defining Nursing and Socialization Into Practice
Chapter6. Nursing as a Regulated Practice: Legal Issues
Chapter7. Ethics: Basic Concepts for Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter8. Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 9. Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
Chapter10. The Science of Nursingand Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 11. Developing Nursing Judgmentthrough Critical Thinking
Chapter12. Communicationand Collaboration in Professional Nursing
Chapter13. Nurses, Patients, and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and
Culture
Chapter 14. Health Careinthe United States
Chapter 15. Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations, and Government
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Chapter16. Nursing’s Challenge: To Continueto Evolve
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Chapter1: Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Whichofthe followingcould eventuallychangethehistorical status ofnursing as a female-
dominatedprofession?
a. Moremen graduatingfrombaccalaureate andhigher degreeprograms
b. Theproportion ofmen innursingbeginningto increase
c. Moremale graduates of basic nursing programs enteringthe workplace
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d. Salarycompensation increasingto attractmoremen
ANS: C
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A Moremen graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs is not the
bestanswerbecauseassociatedegreeprogramsproducethemost newgraduates.
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B Thepercentageof men in nursinghas increased 50% since 2000.
C Themoremenwhoentertheworkplaceas nurses, thelessnursingwillbeseen as a
female-dominated profession.
D Salaryrates do notappear to relateto therecruitment of meninto nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 2
2. The racial andethniccompositionofthenursingprofessionwillchangetomoreaccurately
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reflect the population as awhole when
a. theincreasednumbersofracialandethnicminoritiesenrolled ineducational
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programs graduate and begin to practice.
b. the numberof Asiansor Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islandersbegins to increase.
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c. the percentageof African-Americanand Hispanic nursesdecreases morethanthe
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d. thenonwhiteportion of thegeneral population decreases.
ANS: A
Feedback
A Alargerpercentageofminorities areenrolledin nursingeducationalprograms
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than previously.
B Asians and NativeHawaiian-Pacific Islandersareoverrepresentedinnursing
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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 Thenonwhite portionof the general population is not likelytodecrease.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 3
3. Whichofthe followingisacorrect statement about theregistered nurse(RN) population?
a. The racial/ethnic compositionof RNscloselyresemblesthatofthegeneral
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population.
b. The numberof men enteringnursinghas decreased steadilyover thelast decade.
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c. Therateof agingof RNshas slowed forthe first timein thepast 30 years.
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d. The majorityof employed RNs workingfulltime must workasecond position.
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ANS: C
Feedback
A Theracial/ethniccompositionof RNsisincreasing, butdoesnotapproximate
their percentage of the overall population.
B Thenumberof men enteringnursing is increasing.
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C Theaverageageof RNsinboth 2004 and 2008was 46. Thisisaresult ofthe
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numbers of RNsunder 30 in the workforce.
D According to 2008 data, only12%ofnurses working fulltimeholdsecond
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positions.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING: h
CONCEPTS&CHALLENGES
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9TH EDITION BY BETH PERRY
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BLACK
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,Black: Professional Nursing: Concepts&Challenges,9th Edition TESTBANK
CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Nursingin Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
Chapter 2. The Historyand Social Context of Nursing
Chapter 3. Nursing’s Pathwayto Professionalism
Chapter 4. Nursing Education in an Evolving Health Care Environment
Chapter5. Becominga Professional Nurse: Defining Nursing and Socialization Into Practice
Chapter6. Nursing as a Regulated Practice: Legal Issues
Chapter7. Ethics: Basic Concepts for Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter8. Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 9. Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
Chapter10. The Science of Nursingand Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 11. Developing Nursing Judgmentthrough Critical Thinking
Chapter12. Communicationand Collaboration in Professional Nursing
Chapter13. Nurses, Patients, and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and
Culture
Chapter 14. Health Careinthe United States
Chapter 15. Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations, and Government
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Chapter16. Nursing’s Challenge: To Continueto Evolve
,Professional Nursing 9th Edition BlackTest Bank
Chapter1: Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
h
Black: Professional Nursing: Concepts& Challenges, 9th Edition ByBlack
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Whichofthe followingcould eventuallychangethehistorical status ofnursing as a female-
dominatedprofession?
a. Moremen graduatingfrombaccalaureate andhigher degreeprograms
b. Theproportion ofmen innursingbeginningto increase
c. Moremale graduates of basic nursing programs enteringthe workplace
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d. Salarycompensation increasingto attractmoremen
ANS: C
Feedback
A Moremen graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs is not the
bestanswerbecauseassociatedegreeprogramsproducethemost newgraduates.
h
B Thepercentageof men in nursinghas increased 50% since 2000.
C Themoremenwhoentertheworkplaceas nurses, thelessnursingwillbeseen as a
female-dominated profession.
D Salaryrates do notappear to relateto therecruitment of meninto nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 2
2. The racial andethniccompositionofthenursingprofessionwillchangetomoreaccurately
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reflect the population as awhole when
a. theincreasednumbersofracialandethnicminoritiesenrolled ineducational
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programs graduate and begin to practice.
b. the numberof Asiansor Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islandersbegins to increase.
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c. the percentageof African-Americanand Hispanic nursesdecreases morethanthe
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percentage of white nurses.
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d. thenonwhiteportion of thegeneral population decreases.
ANS: A
Feedback
A Alargerpercentageofminorities areenrolledin nursingeducationalprograms
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than previously.
B Asians and NativeHawaiian-Pacific Islandersareoverrepresentedinnursing
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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 Thenonwhite portionof the general population is not likelytodecrease.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 3
3. Whichofthe followingisacorrect statement about theregistered nurse(RN) population?
a. The racial/ethnic compositionof RNscloselyresemblesthatofthegeneral
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population.
b. The numberof men enteringnursinghas decreased steadilyover thelast decade.
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c. Therateof agingof RNshas slowed forthe first timein thepast 30 years.
h
d. The majorityof employed RNs workingfulltime must workasecond position.
h
ANS: C
Feedback
A Theracial/ethniccompositionof RNsisincreasing, butdoesnotapproximate
their percentage of the overall population.
B Thenumberof men enteringnursing is increasing.
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C Theaverageageof RNsinboth 2004 and 2008was 46. Thisisaresult ofthe
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numbers of RNsunder 30 in the workforce.
D According to 2008 data, only12%ofnurses working fulltimeholdsecond
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positions.
