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ChapterB1.B NursingBinBToday’sBEvolvingBHealthBCareBEnvironme
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ChapterB2.BTheBHistoryBandBSocialBContextBofBNursin
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ChapterB3.B Nursing’sBPathwayBtoBProfessionalis
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ChapterB4.BNursingBEducationBinBanBEvolvingBHealthBCareBEnvironme
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ChapterB5.BBecomingBaBProfessionalBNurse:BDefiningBNursingBandBSocializationBintoBPracti
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ChapterB6.BNursingBasBaBRegulatedBPractice:BLegalBIssue
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ChapterB7.BEthics:BBasicBConceptsBforBProfessionalBNursingBPractic
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ChapterB8.BConceptualBandBPhilosophicalBFoundationsBofBProfessionalBNursingBPractic
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ChapterB9.BNursingBTheory:BTheBBasisBforBProfessionalBNursin
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ChapterB10.BTheBScienceBofBNursingBandBEvidence-
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ChapterB11.B DevelopingBNursingBJudgmentBThroughBCriticalBThinkin
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ChapterB12.B CommunicationBandBCollaborationBinBProfessionalBNursin
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ChapterB13.BNurses,BPatients,BandBFamilies:BCaringBatBtheBIntersectionBofBHealth,Illness,BandBCultu
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ChapterB14.BHealthBCareBinBtheBUnitedBState
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ChapterB15.B PoliticalBActivismBinBNursing:BCommunities,BOrganizations,BGovernmen
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ChapterB16.BNursingBChallenge:BToBContinueBtoBEvolv
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Chapter 1.Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
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MULTIPLEBCHOICE
1. WhichBofBtheBfollowingBcouldBeventuallyBchangeBtheBhistoricalBstatusBofBnursingBasBaBfemale
-BdominatedBprofession?
a. MoreBmenBgraduatingBfromBbaccalaureateBandBhigherBdegreeBprograms
b. TheBproportionBofBmenBinBnursingBbeginningBtoBincrease
c. MoreBmaleBgraduatesBofBbasicBnursingBprogramsBenteringBtheBworkplace
d. SalaryBcompensationBincreasingBtoBattractBmoreBmen
ANSWER:BC
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A MoreBmenBgraduatingBfromBbaccalaureateBandBhigherBdegreeBprogramsBisBnotBtheBbes
tBanswerBbecauseBassociateBdegreeBprogramsBproduceBtheBmostBnewBgraduates.
B TheBpercentageBofBmenBinBnursingBhasBincreasedB50%BsinceB2000.
C TheBmoreBmenBwhoBenterBtheBworkplaceBasBnurses,BtheBlessBnursingBwillBbeBseenBasB
aBfemale-dominatedBprofession.
D SalaryBratesBdoBnotBappearBtoBrelateBtoBtheBrecruitmentBofBmenBintoBnursing.
DIFFERENCE:BCOGNITIVEBLEVEL:BComprehensionB REFERENCE:BMCS:B2
2. TheBracialBandBethnicBcompositionBofBtheBnursingBprofessionBwillBchangeBtoBmoreBaccuratel
yBreflectBtheBpopulationBasBaBwholeBwhen
a. TheBincreasedBnumbersBofBracialBandBethnicBminoritiesBenrolledBinBeducationalBprogram
sBgraduateBandBbeginBtoBpractice.
b. TheBnumberBofBAsiansBorBNativeBHawaiian-PacificBIslandersBbeginsBtoBincrease.
c. TheBpercentageBofBAfrican-
AmericanBandBHispanicBnursesBdecreasesBmoreBthanBtheBpercentageBofBwhiteBnurs
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d. TheBnonwhiteBportionBofBtheBgeneralBpopulationBdecreases.
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A ABlargerBpercentageBofBminoritiesBareBenrolledBinBnursingBeducationalBprogramsBtha
nBpreviously.
B AsiansBandBNativeBHawaiian-
PacificBIslandersBareBoverBrepresentedBinBnursingBcomparedBtoBtheirBpercentag
eBofBtheBgeneralBpopulation.
CBNotBonlyBwouldBtheBpercentageBofBAfrican-
AmericanBandBHispanicBnursesBneedBtoBincrease,BtheBpercentageBofBwhiteBnursesBw
ouldBhaveBtoBdecreaseBinBorderBtoBmoreBaccuratelyBreflectBtheBpopulationBasBaBwho
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DBTheBnonwhiteBportionBofBtheBgeneralBpopulationBisBnotBlikelyBtoBdecrease.
DIFFERENCE:BCOGNITIVEBLEVEL:BComprehensionB REFERENCE:BMCS:B3
3. WhichBofBtheBfollowingBisBaBcorrectBstatementBaboutBtheBregisteredBnurseB(RN)Bpopulation?
a. TheBracial/ethnicBcompositionBofBRNsBcloselyBresemblesBthatBofBtheBgeneralBpopulation.
b. TheBnumberBofBmenBenteringBnursingBhasBdecreasedBsteadilyBoverBtheBlastBdecade.
c. TheBrateBofBagingBofBRNsBhasBslowedBforBtheBfirstBtimeBinBtheBpastB30Byears.
d. TheBmajorityBofBemployedBRNsBworkingBfullBtimeBmustBworkBaBsecondBposition.
ANSWER:BC
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A TheBracial/ethnicBcompositionBofBRNsBisBincreasing,BbutBdoesBnotBapproximateBthei
rBpercentageBofBtheBoverallBpopulation.
B TheBnumberBofBmenBenteringBnursingBisBincreasing.
C TheBaverageBageBofBRNsBinBbothB2004BandB2008BwasB46.BThisBisBaBresultBofBth
eBnumbersBofBRNsBunderB30BinBtheBworkforce.
D AccordingBtoB2008Bdata,BonlyB12%BofBnursesBworkingBfullBtimeBholdBsecon
dBpositions.
DIF:BCOGNITIVEBLEVEL:BKnowledgeBREFERENCE:BMCS:B3
4. WhichBofBtheBfollowingBbestBdescribesBtrendsBinBnursingBeducation?
a. NumbersBofBRNsBwithBbachelorsBandBhigherBdegreesBareBincreasing.
b. NumbersBofBRNsBwithBassociateBdegreesBareBdecreasing.