9th Edition by Lucy Hood
Chapters 1 - 22 Complete
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,Chapter 1 w The Professional Nurse
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1. Whichwofwthewfollowingwcouldweventuallywchangewthewhistoricalwstatuswofwnursingwaswawfe
male-wdominatedwprofession?
a. Morewmenwgraduatingwfromwbaccalaureatewandwhigherwdegreewprograms
b. Thewproportionwofwmenwinwnursingwbeginningwtowincrease
c. Morewmalewgraduateswofwbasicwnursingwprogramswenteringwthewworkplace
d. Salarywcompensationwincreasingwtowattractwmorewmen
ANSWER:wC
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A Morewmenwgraduatingwfromwbaccalaureatewandwhigherwdegreewprogramswiswn
otwthewbestwanswerwbecausewassociatewdegreewprogramswproducewthewmostwn
ewwgraduates.
B Thewpercentagewofwmenwinwnursingwhaswincreasedw50%wsincew2000.
C Thewmorewmenwwhowenterwthewworkplacewaswnurses,wthewlesswnursingwwillwbews
eenwaswawfemale-dominatedwprofession.
D Salarywrateswdownotwappearwtowrelatewtowthewrecruitmentwofwmenwintownursing.
DIF:wCognitivewLevel:wComprehensionwREF:wMCS:w2
2. Thewracialwandwethnicwcompositionwofwthewnursingwprofessionwwillwchangewtowmorewaccur
atelywreflectwthewpopulationwaswawwholewwhen
a. thewincreasedwnumberswofwracialwandwethnicwminoritieswenrolledwinweducat
ionalwprogramswgraduatewandwbeginwtowpractice.
b. thewnumberwofwAsiansworwNativewHawaiian-PacificwIslanderswbeginswtowincrease.
c. thewpercentagewofwAfrican-
AmericanwandwHispanicwnurseswdecreaseswmorewthanwthewpercentagewofwwhitew
nurses.
, d. thewnonwhitewportionwofwthewgeneralwpopulationwdecreases.
ANSWER:wA
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A Awlargerwpercentagewofwminoritieswarewenrolledwinwnursingweducationalwprogr
amswthanwpreviously.
B AsianswandwNativewHawaiian-
PacificwIslanderswarewoverwrepresentedwinwnursingwcomparedwtowtheirwperce
ntagewofwthewgeneralwpopulation.
C NotwonlywwouldwthewpercentagewofwAfrican-
AmericanwandwHispanicwnurseswneedwtowincrease,wthewpercentagewofwwhitewnur
seswwouldwhavewtowdecreasewinworderwtowmorewaccuratelywreflectwthewpopulati
onwaswawwhole.
D Thewnonwhitewportionwofwthewgeneralwpopulationwiswnotwlikelywtowdecrease.
DIF:wCognitivewLevel:wComprehensionwREF:wMCS:w3
3. Whichwofwthewfollowingwiswawcorrectwstatementwaboutwthewregisteredwnursew(RN)wpopulation?
a. Thewracial/ethnicwcompositionwofwRNswcloselywresembleswthatwofwthewgen
eralwpopulation.
b. Thewnumberwofwmenwenteringwnursingwhaswdecreasedwsteadilywoverwthewlastwdecade.
c. ThewratewofwagingwofwRNswhaswslowedwforwthewfirstwtimewinwthewpastw30wyears.
d. ThewmajoritywofwemployedwRNswworkingwfullwtimewmustwworkwawsecondwposition.
ANSWER:wC
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A Thewracial/ethnicwcompositionwofwRNswiswincreasing,wbutwdoeswnotwapproxi
matewtheirwpercentagewofwthewoverallwpopulation.
B Thewnumberwofwmenwenteringwnursingwiswincreasing.
C ThewaveragewagewofwRNswinwbothw2004wandw2008wwasw46.wThiswiswawresultwo
fwthewnumberswofwRNswunderw30winwthewworkforce.
D Accordingwtow2008wdata,wonlyw12%wofwnurseswworkingwfullwtimewholdwsec
ondwpositions.