TEST BANK
,Professional Nursing: Concepts &
Challenges, 9th Edition
Beth Black PhD, RN, FAAN (Author)
Chapter 1.Nursing in Today’s
Evolving Health Care Environment
Chapter 2.The History and Social
Context of Nursing Chapter
3.Nursing’s Pathway to
Professionalism Chapter
4.Nursing Education in an
Evolving Health Care
Environment
Chapter 5.Becoming a Professional
Nurse: Defining Nursing and
Socialization into Practice
Chapter 6.Nursing as a Regulated
Practice: Legal Issues Chapter
7.Ethics: Basic Concepts for
Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 8.Conceptual and
Philosophical Foundations of
Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 9.Nursing Theory: The Basis
for Professional Nursing Chapter
10.The Science of Nursing and
Evidence-Based Practice
,Chapter 11.Developing Nursing Judgment Through
Critical Thinking
Chapter 12.Communication and Collaboration in
Professional Nursing
Chapter 13.Nurses, Patients, and Families: Caring at the
Intersection of Health, Illness, and Culture
Chapter 14.Health Care in the United States
Chapter 15.Political Activism in Nursing: Communities,
Organizations, Government
Chapter 16.Nursing Challenge: To Continue to Evolve
Chapter 1.Nursing in Today’s Evolving
Health Care Environment MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. Which of the following could eventually change
the historical status of nursing as a female-
dominated profession?
a. More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher
degree programs
b. The proportion of men in nursing beginning to
increase
c. More male graduates of basic nursing programs
entering the workplace
d. Salary compensation increasing to attract more men
ANS: C
Feedback
A More men graduating from baccalaureate and
higher degree programs is not the best answer
, because associate degree programs produce the
most new graduates.
B The percentage of men in nursing has increased 50%
since 2000.