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Chaptern1 ThenProfessionalnNurse
1. Whichn ofn then followingn couldn eventuallyn changen then historicaln statusn ofn nursingn asn an female-
dominatednprofession?
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a. Morenmenngraduatingnfromnbaccalaureatenandnhigherndegreenprograms
b. Thenproportionnofnmenninnnursingnbeginningntonincrease
c. Morenmalengraduatesnofnbasicnnursingnprogramsnenteringnthenworkplace
d. Salaryncompensationnincreasingntonattractnmorenmen
ANS:nC
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AnMorenmenngraduatingnfromnbaccalaureatenandnhigherndegreenprogramsnisnnotnthenbe
stnanswernbecausenassociatendegreenprogramsnproducenthenmostnnewngraduates.nBnTh
enpercentagenofnmenninnnursingnhasnincreasedn50%nsincen2000.
C Thenmorenmennwhonenternthenworkplacenasnnurses,nthenlessnnursingnwillnbenseennasnan
female-dominatednprofession.
D Salarynratesndonnotnappearntonrelatentonthenrecruitmentnofnmennintonnursing.
DIF:nCognitivenLevel:nComprehensionnREF:nMCS:n2
2. Thenracialnandnethnicncompositionnofnthennursingnprofessionnwillnchangentonmorenaccuratelynreflectnt
henpopulationnasnanwholenwhen
a. then increasedn numbersn ofn racialn andn ethnicn minoritiesn enrolledn inn educationalnp
rogramsngraduatenandnbeginnton practice.
b. thennumbernofnAsiansnornNativenHawaiian-PacificnIslandersnbeginsnton increase.
c. then percentagenofnAfrican-
Americannandn Hispanicn nursesndecreasesn morenthannthenpercentagenofnwhiten nurses
.
d. thennonwhitenportionnofnthengeneralnpopulationndecreases.
ANS:nA
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A Anlargernpercentagenofnminoritiesnarenenrolledninnnursingneducationalnprogramsnthannp
reviously.
B AsiansnandnNativenHawaiian-
PacificnIslandersnarenovernrepresentedninnnursingncomparedntontheirnpercentagenofnt
hengeneralnpopulation.
C NotnonlynwouldnthenpercentagenofnAfrican-
AmericannandnHispanicnnursesnneedntonincrease,nthenpercentagenofnwhitennursesnwo
uldnhaventondecreaseninnorderntonmorenaccuratelynreflectnthenpopulationnasnanwhole.
D Thennonwhitenportionnofnthengeneralnpopulationnisnnotnlikelyntondecrease.
DIF:nCognitivenLevel:nComprehensionnREF:nMCS:n3
3. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnancorrectnstatementnaboutnthenregisterednnursen(RN)npopulation?
a. Then racial/ethnicn compositionnofn RNsn closelyn resemblesn thatn ofn then generalnpopu
lation.
b. Thennumbernofnmennenteringnnursingnhasndecreasednsteadilynovernthenlastndecade.
c. ThenratenofnagingnofnRNsnhasnslowednfornthenfirstntimeninnthenpastn 30nyears.
d. ThenmajoritynofnemployednRNsnworkingnfullntimenmustnworknansecondnposition.
ANS:nC
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A Thenracial/ethnicncompositionnofnRNsnisnincreasing,nbutndoesnnotnapproximatentheirnp
ercentagenofnthenoverallnpopulation.
B Thennumbernofnmennenteringnnursingnisnincreasing.
C ThenaveragenagenofnRNsninnbothn2004nandn2008nwasn46.nThisnisnanresultnofnthennumb
ersnofnRNsnundern30ninnthenworkforce.
D Accordingnton2008ndata,nonlyn12%nofnnursesnworkingnfullntimenholdnsecondnpositio
ns.
DIF:nCognitivenLevel:nKnowledgenREF:nMCS:n3
4. Whichnofnthenfollowingnbestndescribesntrendsninnnursingneducation?
a. NumbersnofnRNsnwithnbachelorsnandnhigherndegreesnarenincreasing.
b. NumbersnofnRNsnwithnassociatendegreesnarendecreasing.
c. Foreign-
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ducationalnpreparation.
A Slightlynovern50%nofnRNsneventuallynobtainntheirnbachelorsnofnsciencen innnursing
(BSN)nornanhighernnursingndegree.
B Then majoritynofnnursesninnthisncountryngetntheirn initialnnursingneducationninna
ssociatendegreen innnursingn(ADN)nprograms.
C Foreign-
bornnnursesnpracticingninnthenUnitednStatesnmaynbenviewednasnlessnknowledg
eablenbyntheirnpeersnbecausenofnlanguagenandnculturalndifferences.
D Thennumbersnofndiploma-educatednnursesnarendeclining.
DIF:nCognitivenLevel:nKnowledgenREF:nMCS:n4
5. DespitenthenvarietynofnworknsettingsnavailablentonthenRN,ndatanfromn2008n indicatenthatnthenp
rimarynworknsiten fornRNsnis
d. NumbersnofnRNsnwithndiplomaneducationsnarenincreasing.
ANS:nA
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