TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing 9th Edition by Lucy Hood Chapters 1 - 22 Complete

TESTBANK ForLeddy &Pepper’sProfessionalNursing 9th
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EditionbyLucyHood
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Chapters1- 22 Complete
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1. Whichofthefollowingcould eventuallychangethehistoricalstatusof nursingasafemale-
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dominated profession?
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a. Moremen graduatingfrom baccalaureateand higher degree programs
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b. Theproportion of men in nursingbeginningto increase
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c. Moremalegraduatesofbasicnursingprogramsenteringthe workplace
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d. Salarycompensation increasingto attract moremen
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ANSWER:C c




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A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs is not the
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bestanswerbecauseassociatedegreeprogramsproducethemostnewgraduates.
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B Thepercentage of men in nursinghas increased 50%since 2000.
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C Themoremenwho entertheworkplaceasnurses, thelessnursingwillbeseenas a
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female-dominated profession.
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D Salaryrates do not appear to relateto the recruitment of men into nursing.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 2
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2. Theracialandethniccompositionofthenursingprofessionwillchangetomoreaccurately
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reflect the population as a whole when
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a. theincreasednumbersofracialandethnicminoritiesenrolledineducational
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programs graduate and begin to practice.
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b. thenumberofAsiansorNativeHawaiian-PacificIslandersbeginstoincrease.
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c. thepercentageofAfrican-AmericanandHispanicnursesdecreasesmorethanthe
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percentage of white nurses.
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, d. thenonwhiteportion of the general population decreases.
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ANSWER:A c




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A Alargerpercentageofminoritiesareenrolledinnursingeducationalprograms
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than previously.
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B AsiansandNativeHawaiian-PacificIslandersareoverrepresentedinnursing
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compared to their percentage of the general population.
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C Not only would the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses need to
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increase, the percentage of white nurses would have to decrease in order to more
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accurately reflect the population as a whole.
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D Thenonwhite portion of the general population is not likelyto decrease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 3
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3. Whichof the followingis a correct statement about the registered nurse (RN)population?
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a. Theracial/ethniccompositionofRNscloselyresemblesthatofthegeneral
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population.
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b. Thenumberof men entering nursing has decreased steadilyover thelast decade.
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c. Therate of agingof RNs has slowed forthe firsttime in the past 30 years.
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d. Themajorityof employed RNs workingfulltime mustwork asecond position.
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ANSWER:C c




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A Theracial/ethniccompositionofRNsisincreasing,butdoesnotapproximate
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their percentage of the overall population.
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B Thenumberof men entering nursingis increasing.
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C TheaverageageofRNsinboth2004and2008was46.Thisisaresultofthe
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numbers of RNs under 30 in the workforce.
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D Accordingto2008data,only12%ofnursesworkingfulltimeholdsecond c c c c c c c c c c c c




positions.
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