TEST BANK
PROFESSIONALNURSING:C
T
ONCEPTS&CHALLENGES9
H
EDITIONBYBETHPERRYB
LACK
,B𝑙ack:Professiona𝑙Nursing:Concepts&Cha𝑙𝑙enges,9thEditionTESTBANK
CONTENTS
Chapter1. NursinginToday’sEvo𝑙vingHea𝑙thCareEnvironment
Chapter2.
TheHistoryandSocia𝑙ContextofNursingChapter3.Nurs
ing’sPathwaytoProfessiona𝑙ism
Chapter4. NursingEducationin an Evo𝑙vingHea𝑙thCareEnvironment
Chapter5. BecomingaProfessiona𝑙Nurse:
DefiningNursingandSocia𝑙izationIntoPracticeChapter6.
NursingasaRegu𝑙atedPractice:Lega𝑙Issues
Chapter7.Ethics:BasicConceptsforProfessiona𝑙NursingPractice
Chapter8.Conceptua𝑙andPhi𝑙osophica𝑙FoundationsofProfessiona𝑙NursingPracticeChapter9.
NursingTheory:TheBasisforProfessiona𝑙Nursing
Chapter10. TheScienceof NursingandEvidence-
BasedPracticeChapter11.Deve𝑙oping
NursingJudgmentthroughCritica𝑙ThinkingChapter12.Communicationand
Co𝑙𝑙aborationinProfessiona𝑙Nursing
Chapter13.Nurses,Patients, andFami𝑙ies:CaringattheIntersectionofHea𝑙th,I𝑙𝑙ness,andCu𝑙ture
Chapter14.Hea𝑙thCarein theUnitedStates
Chapter15.Po𝑙itica𝑙ActivisminNursing:Communities,Organizations,andGovernmentChapter1
6.Nursing’sCha𝑙𝑙enge:To Continueto Evo𝑙ve
,Professiona𝑙Nursing9thEditionB𝑙ackTestBank
Chapter1:NursinginToday’sEvo𝑙vingHea𝑙thCareEnvironment
B𝑙ack:Professiona𝑙Nursing:Concepts&Cha𝑙𝑙enges,9thEditionByB𝑙ackMULTIPL
ECHOICE
1. Which ofthefo𝑙𝑙owingcou𝑙d eventua𝑙𝑙ychangethehistorica𝑙statusof nursingasafema𝑙e-
dominatedprofession?
a. Moremengraduatingfrombacca𝑙aureate andhigherdegreeprograms
b. Theproportionofmen in nursingbeginningtoincrease
c. Morema𝑙egraduatesofbasicnursingprogramsenteringtheworkp𝑙ace
d. Sa𝑙arycompensationincreasingtoattractmoremen
ANS:C
Feedback
A Moremengraduatingfrombacca𝑙aureateandhigherdegree programsis not
thebestanswer because associatedegree programsproducethemostnewgraduates.
B Thepercentageofmeninnursinghasincreased50%since2000.
C Themoremenwhoentertheworkp𝑙ace asnurses,the𝑙essnursingwi𝑙𝑙
beseenasafema𝑙e-dominatedprofession.
D Sa𝑙aryrates do notappeartore𝑙ateto therecruitment of
menintonursing.DIF:CognitiveLeve𝑙:ComprehensionREF:MCS: 2
2. Theracia𝑙andethniccompositionof thenursingprofessionwi𝑙𝑙changetomoreaccurate𝑙y
ref𝑙ectthepopu𝑙ation asawho𝑙ewhen
a. theincreasednumbersofracia𝑙andethnicminoritiesenro𝑙𝑙edineducationa𝑙progr
amsgraduateandbegintopractice.
b. thenumberofAsiansorNativeHawaiian-PacificIs𝑙anders beginstoincrease.
c. thepercentageofAfrican-
AmericanandHispanicnursesdecreasesmorethanthepercentageofwhitenurses.
, Professiona𝑙Nursing9thEditionB𝑙ackTestBank
d. thenonwhiteportion of thegenera𝑙popu𝑙ationdecreases.
ANS:A
Feedback
A A𝑙arger percentageof minoritiesareenro𝑙𝑙edin
nursingeducationa𝑙programsthanprevious𝑙y.
B AsiansandNativeHawaiian-PacificIs𝑙anders areover
representedinnursingcomparedtotheirpercentageof thegenera𝑙popu𝑙ation.
C Noton𝑙ywou𝑙d the percentageofAfrican-AmericanandHispanicnursesneed
toincrease,thepercentageofwhitenurseswou𝑙dhavetodecreaseinordertomoreaccura
te𝑙yref𝑙ectthe popu𝑙ation as awho𝑙e.
D Thenonwhiteportionofthegenera𝑙popu𝑙ationis not
𝑙ike𝑙ytodecrease.DIF:CognitiveLeve𝑙:ComprehensionREF:MCS: 3
3. Whichofthefo𝑙𝑙owingis acorrectstatementabouttheregisterednurse(RN)popu𝑙ation?
a. Theracia𝑙/ethniccomposition of RNsc𝑙ose𝑙yresemb𝑙esthat of
thegenera𝑙popu𝑙ation.
b. Thenumberofmenenteringnursinghasdecreased steadi𝑙yover the𝑙astdecade.
c. TherateofagingofRNshass𝑙owedforthefirsttimein thepast30years.
d. Themajorityofemp𝑙oyedRNsworkingfu𝑙𝑙 timemustworkasecondposition.
ANS:C
Feedback
A Theracia𝑙/ethniccompositionof
RNsisincreasing,butdoesnotapproximatetheirpercentageof
theovera𝑙𝑙popu𝑙ation.
B Thenumberofmenenteringnursingisincreasing.
C TheaverageageofRNs in both 2004and2008was46. This
isaresu𝑙tofthenumbersof RNsunder30 in theworkforce.
D Accordingto 2008data,on𝑙y12%ofnursesworkingfu𝑙𝑙
timeho𝑙dsecondpositions.
PROFESSIONALNURSING:C
T
ONCEPTS&CHALLENGES9
H
EDITIONBYBETHPERRYB
LACK
,B𝑙ack:Professiona𝑙Nursing:Concepts&Cha𝑙𝑙enges,9thEditionTESTBANK
CONTENTS
Chapter1. NursinginToday’sEvo𝑙vingHea𝑙thCareEnvironment
Chapter2.
TheHistoryandSocia𝑙ContextofNursingChapter3.Nurs
ing’sPathwaytoProfessiona𝑙ism
Chapter4. NursingEducationin an Evo𝑙vingHea𝑙thCareEnvironment
Chapter5. BecomingaProfessiona𝑙Nurse:
DefiningNursingandSocia𝑙izationIntoPracticeChapter6.
NursingasaRegu𝑙atedPractice:Lega𝑙Issues
Chapter7.Ethics:BasicConceptsforProfessiona𝑙NursingPractice
Chapter8.Conceptua𝑙andPhi𝑙osophica𝑙FoundationsofProfessiona𝑙NursingPracticeChapter9.
NursingTheory:TheBasisforProfessiona𝑙Nursing
Chapter10. TheScienceof NursingandEvidence-
BasedPracticeChapter11.Deve𝑙oping
NursingJudgmentthroughCritica𝑙ThinkingChapter12.Communicationand
Co𝑙𝑙aborationinProfessiona𝑙Nursing
Chapter13.Nurses,Patients, andFami𝑙ies:CaringattheIntersectionofHea𝑙th,I𝑙𝑙ness,andCu𝑙ture
Chapter14.Hea𝑙thCarein theUnitedStates
Chapter15.Po𝑙itica𝑙ActivisminNursing:Communities,Organizations,andGovernmentChapter1
6.Nursing’sCha𝑙𝑙enge:To Continueto Evo𝑙ve
,Professiona𝑙Nursing9thEditionB𝑙ackTestBank
Chapter1:NursinginToday’sEvo𝑙vingHea𝑙thCareEnvironment
B𝑙ack:Professiona𝑙Nursing:Concepts&Cha𝑙𝑙enges,9thEditionByB𝑙ackMULTIPL
ECHOICE
1. Which ofthefo𝑙𝑙owingcou𝑙d eventua𝑙𝑙ychangethehistorica𝑙statusof nursingasafema𝑙e-
dominatedprofession?
a. Moremengraduatingfrombacca𝑙aureate andhigherdegreeprograms
b. Theproportionofmen in nursingbeginningtoincrease
c. Morema𝑙egraduatesofbasicnursingprogramsenteringtheworkp𝑙ace
d. Sa𝑙arycompensationincreasingtoattractmoremen
ANS:C
Feedback
A Moremengraduatingfrombacca𝑙aureateandhigherdegree programsis not
thebestanswer because associatedegree programsproducethemostnewgraduates.
B Thepercentageofmeninnursinghasincreased50%since2000.
C Themoremenwhoentertheworkp𝑙ace asnurses,the𝑙essnursingwi𝑙𝑙
beseenasafema𝑙e-dominatedprofession.
D Sa𝑙aryrates do notappeartore𝑙ateto therecruitment of
menintonursing.DIF:CognitiveLeve𝑙:ComprehensionREF:MCS: 2
2. Theracia𝑙andethniccompositionof thenursingprofessionwi𝑙𝑙changetomoreaccurate𝑙y
ref𝑙ectthepopu𝑙ation asawho𝑙ewhen
a. theincreasednumbersofracia𝑙andethnicminoritiesenro𝑙𝑙edineducationa𝑙progr
amsgraduateandbegintopractice.
b. thenumberofAsiansorNativeHawaiian-PacificIs𝑙anders beginstoincrease.
c. thepercentageofAfrican-
AmericanandHispanicnursesdecreasesmorethanthepercentageofwhitenurses.
, Professiona𝑙Nursing9thEditionB𝑙ackTestBank
d. thenonwhiteportion of thegenera𝑙popu𝑙ationdecreases.
ANS:A
Feedback
A A𝑙arger percentageof minoritiesareenro𝑙𝑙edin
nursingeducationa𝑙programsthanprevious𝑙y.
B AsiansandNativeHawaiian-PacificIs𝑙anders areover
representedinnursingcomparedtotheirpercentageof thegenera𝑙popu𝑙ation.
C Noton𝑙ywou𝑙d the percentageofAfrican-AmericanandHispanicnursesneed
toincrease,thepercentageofwhitenurseswou𝑙dhavetodecreaseinordertomoreaccura
te𝑙yref𝑙ectthe popu𝑙ation as awho𝑙e.
D Thenonwhiteportionofthegenera𝑙popu𝑙ationis not
𝑙ike𝑙ytodecrease.DIF:CognitiveLeve𝑙:ComprehensionREF:MCS: 3
3. Whichofthefo𝑙𝑙owingis acorrectstatementabouttheregisterednurse(RN)popu𝑙ation?
a. Theracia𝑙/ethniccomposition of RNsc𝑙ose𝑙yresemb𝑙esthat of
thegenera𝑙popu𝑙ation.
b. Thenumberofmenenteringnursinghasdecreased steadi𝑙yover the𝑙astdecade.
c. TherateofagingofRNshass𝑙owedforthefirsttimein thepast30years.
d. Themajorityofemp𝑙oyedRNsworkingfu𝑙𝑙 timemustworkasecondposition.
ANS:C
Feedback
A Theracia𝑙/ethniccompositionof
RNsisincreasing,butdoesnotapproximatetheirpercentageof
theovera𝑙𝑙popu𝑙ation.
B Thenumberofmenenteringnursingisincreasing.
C TheaverageageofRNs in both 2004and2008was46. This
isaresu𝑙tofthenumbersof RNsunder30 in theworkforce.
D Accordingto 2008data,on𝑙y12%ofnursesworkingfu𝑙𝑙
timeho𝑙dsecondpositions.
