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ProfessionalNursing:Concepts&Challenges,10thEdition
By:BethBlackPhD,RN,FAAN(Author) F F




Chapter1.NursinginToday’sEvolvingHealthCare
Environment
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Chapter 2.The History and Social Context of Nursing
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Chapter3.Nursing’sPathwaytoProfessionalismChapter
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4.NursingEducationinanEvolving HealthCare
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Environment
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Chapter5.Becoming a ProfessionalNurse: DefiningNursingand b b FF F




SocializationintoPractice
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Chapter6.NursingasaRegulatedPractice:LegalIssuesChapter
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7.Ethics: BasicConcepts forProfessionalNursingPractice
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Chapter8.Conceptual and PhilosophicalFoundationsof
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ProfessionalNursingPractice
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Chapter9.NursingTheory: TheBasisforProfessionalNursing F




Chapter 10.The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
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Chapter11.DevelopingNursingJudgmentThroughCriticalThinking
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Chapter12.CommunicationandCollaborationinProfessionalNursing
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Chapter13.Nurses,Patients,andFamilies: CaringattheIntersectionofHealth,Illness,andCulture
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Chapter14.HealthCareintheUnitedStates
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Chapter15.PoliticalActivisminNursing: Communities,Organizations,Government
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Chapter16.NursingChallenge: ToContinuetoEvolve
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Chapter1.NursinginToday’sEvolvingHealthCareEnvironment MULTIPLE F




CHOICE
1. Whichofthefollowingcouldeventuallychangethehistoricalstatusofnursing as a F F




female-dominatedprofession?
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a. Moremengraduatingfrombaccalaureate andhigherdegreeprograms F




b. Theproportion ofmeninnursing beginningtoincrease F F




c. Moremalegraduatesof basicnursingprogramsentering theworkplace F F




d. Salarycompensationincreasingtoattractmoremen
ANS: C b




Feedback
A Moremen graduatingfrom baccalaureate andhigher degreeprogramsisnotthebest
b




answerbecauseassociatedegreeprogramsproducethemostnewgraduates.
F F F F F F F F F F




B Thepercentageofmeninnursinghasincreased50%since2000. F F F F F F




C The moremenwho enterthe workplaceasnurses,theless nursing willbeseenasa
b F F F F




female-dominatedprofession.
F F

,D Salaryratesdonotappear to relatetotherecruitmentofmenintonursing. DIF: F F F




CognitiveLevel:ComprehensionREF:MCS:2
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2. Theracialandethniccompositionofthenursingprofessionwillchangetomore
accuratelyreflectthepopulationasawholewhen
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a. the increased numbers ofracialand ethnicminoritiesenrolled ineducational programs
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graduateandbegintopractice.
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b. thenumberofAsiansorNativeHawaiian-PacificIslandersbeginstoincrease. F F F F F




c. the percentageofAfrican-American and Hispanicnursesdecreasesmorethanthe
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percentageofwhitenurses.
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d. thenonwhiteportionofthegeneralpopulationdecreases. F F




ANS: A b




Feedback
A Alargerpercentageofminoritiesareenrolledinnursingeducationalprogramsthan
previously.
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B Asians andNative Hawaiian-PacificIslanders areoverrepresentedin nursing comparedto
b F b F b b F




theirpercentageofthegeneralpopulation.
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C Not only would the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses need to
F F F F F F F F F F F




increase, the percentage of white nurses would have to decrease in order to more
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accuratelyreflectthepopulationasawhole.
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D The nonwhite portion of the general population is not likely to decrease. DIF:
F F F F F F F F F F F F




CognitiveLevel:ComprehensionREF:MCS:3
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3. Whichofthefollowingisacorrect statementaboutthe registered nurse(RN)population? F F F F




a. Theracial/ethniccompositionofRNscloselyresemblesthat ofthegeneral population. F F F




b. Thenumberofmenenteringnursinghasdecreasedsteadilyoverthelastdecade. F F F F F




c. TherateofagingofRNshasslowedforthefirsttimeinthepast30years. F F F F F F F




d. ThemajorityofemployedRNsworkingfulltimemustworkasecondposition. F F F F F




ANS: C b




Feedback
A The racial/ethniccompositionofRNsisincreasing,but doesnotapproximatetheir
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percentageoftheoverallpopulation.
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B Thenumberofmenenteringnursingisincreasing. F F




C The averageageofRNsinboth2004and2008was46.Thisis aresult of thenumbers ofRNs
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under30intheworkforce.
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D According to2008data,only12%ofnurses workingfulltimehold second positions.DIF: b F F b F




CognitiveLevel:KnowledgeREF:MCS:3
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4. Despitethevarietyofworksettingsavailableto theRN,data from2008indicate that the F F F F F F b




primaryworksiteforRNsis
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a. ambulatorycaresettings.
b. communityhealthsettings.
c. long-termcarefacilities.
d. acutecarehospitals.
ANS: D b




Feedback
AAmbulatory caresettings account forabout10.5%ofRNs placesofemployment.B Publichealth F F b F F F




and communityhealth settings account for 7.8% of employed RNs. CLong-term care facilities
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accountfor5.3%ofRNsplacesofemployment.
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DStatisticsshowthat62.2%ofRNsworkinacutecarehospitals. F F F

, DIF:CognitiveLevel:KnowledgeREF:MCS:5 F F F F




5. Whichofthefollowingbest describestrendsin nursing education? F F b




a. NumbersofRNs withbachelors andhigherdegrees areincreasing. F F F




b. NumbersofRNswithassociatedegreesaredecreasing. F F




c. Foreign-bornnursespracticing in theUnitedStates areseenaslessknowledgeable b F F b F




becauseoftheirlessereducationalpreparation.
F F F F F F




d. Numbers ofRNs withdiplomaeducationsareincreasing. F b F F




ANS: A b




Feedback
A Slightlyover50% ofRNseventuallyobtaintheirbachelors ofsciencein nursing (BSN)ora b F b b F F




highernursingdegree.
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B The majorityofnurses in thiscountry get theirinitial nursing education in associate
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degreeinnursing(ADN)programs.
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C Foreign-bornnurses practicing intheUnited Statesmaybeviewedaslessknowledgeableby b F b F F F




theirpeersbecauseoflanguageandculturaldifferences.
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D Thenumbersofdiploma-educated nurses aredeclining. b b




DIF:CognitiveLevel:KnowledgeREF:MCS:4
F F F F F F F




6. Oneimportantadvantageofclinicalladder programs forhospital-basedRNsisthatthey F F F F




a. allowcareeradvancement fornurseswho choose toremain atthebedside. F F b F




b. encouragenursestomoveintomanagementpositionsin which theycaninfluence patientcare b b F F




onabroaderscale.
F F F F




c. encourageRNs to become politicallyactiveandguidetheprofessionofnursing.
F b F F F




d. providetrainingtostaffnurses sothey canmoveseamlesslyacross departments. F F F F




ANS: A b




Feedback
A Clinicalladderprograms allownursestoadvanceprofessionallywhileremainingat the F b




bedside.
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B Clinicalladderprograms are designed to keep proficient nursesatthebedside. b F F




C EncouragingRNs tobecomepolitically activeandguide theprofession ofnursing is not the b




goalofclinicalladderprograms.
F F F F F




D Clinicalladderprogramsarenotdesignedtofacilitatetransferbetweendepartments.
DIF:CognitiveLevel:ComprehensionREF:MCS:7
F F F F F F F




7. Whichofthefollowingstatementsiscorrect aboutcommunityhealthnursing(CHN)? F




a. PreventionandcommunityeducationarethecornerstonesofCHN. F F F F




b. Nursing care is rapidlymoving from the home settingtotheinstitutionalsetting.
b F F




c. High-techcaresuchas ventilatorsandtotalparenteralnutritioncannotbehandledinthe F




home. F




d. Assessment skillsareless importantinCHNbecause patientsare not acutelyill. b F F




ANS: A b