TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper‟s Professional Nursing 10th Edition by Lucy Hood

TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper‟s Professional Nursing
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10th Edition by Lucy Hood
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Chapters 1 - 22 Complete
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,Chapter1 TheProfessionalNurse
1. WhichofthefollowingIcouldeventuallychangethehistoricalstatusofnursingIasafemale-
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dominatedprofession?
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a. Moremen graduating fromIbaccalaureateIand higherIdegree programs
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b. TheIproportion of men in nursingbeginningto increase | | | | | | |




c. Moremale graduates of basicInursingprograms enteringIthe workplace
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d. Salarycompensation increasingto attract moremen
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ANSWER:C |




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A Moremen graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs isInot the be st
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answerbecauseassociateIdegreeprograms producetheImost new graduates.
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B Thepercentage of menIin nursinghasIincreased 50% since 2000.
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C ThemoreImenwhoentertheIworkplaceasnurses,thelessnursingwillbeseenas af
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emale-dominatedprofession.
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D SalaryratesdoInotappeartorelatetotherecruitmentofmenintonursing.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS:2
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2. TheIracialandethniccompositionofthenursingIprofessionwillchangetomoreaccuratelyref lect
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the population as aIwhole when
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a. theincreasednumbersofracialandethnicminoritiesenrolledineducational pr
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ograms graduate and begin to practice.
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b. theInumberofAsians or NativeHawaiian-Pacific Islandersbegins toincrease.
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c. thepercentageofAfrican-
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AmericanandHispanicnursesdecreasesmorethanthe percentage of whiteInurses.
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, d. theInonwhite portionIof the general population decreases. | | | | |




ANSWER:A |




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A Alargerpercentageofminoritiesareenrolledinnursingeducationalprogramsth an
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previously.
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B AsiansandNativeHawaiian- | | |


PacificIslandersareoverrepresentedinnursing compared to their percentage o f the
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general population.
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C NotonlywouldIthepercentageofAfrican-
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AmericanandHispanicInurses need to increase, the percentage of whiteInurses wo uld
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havetodecreaseinorder to moreaccuratelyreflect theIpopulationas awhole.
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D ThenonwhiteportionIofthegeneralpopulationisnotlikelytodecrease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS:3
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3. Whichofthe followingisa correct statement about theregistered nurse(RN)population?
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a. TheIracial/ethniccomposition ofRNscloselyresemblesthatoftheIgeneral p | | | | | | | |


opulation.
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b. TheInumberof men entering nursingIhas decreased steadilyover theIlast decade.
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c. TherateofagingofRNs has slowed forItheIfirsttimeinthepast30 years.
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d. TheImajorityofemployedRNsworkingfulltimemustworkIasecondposition. | | | | | | | | |




ANSWER:C |




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A TheIracial/ethniccompositionofRNsisincreasing,butdoesnotapproximate th eir | | | | | | | | | | |


percentage of the overall population.
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B Thenumberofmen enteringInursingIis increasing.
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C TheaverageageIofRNsinIboth2004and2008was46.ThisisaresultoftheInu mbers
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of RNs under 30 in the workforce.
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D Accordingto2008data,only12%ofnursesworkingfulltimeholdsecondpo | | | | | | | | | | |


sitions.
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