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CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
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Chapter 2. The History and Social Context of Nursing
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Chapter 3. Nursing’s Pathway to Professionalism
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Chapter 4. Nursing Education in an Evolving Health Care Environment
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Chapter 5. Becoming a Professional Nurse: Defining Nursing and Socialization Into Practice
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Chapter 6. Nursing as a Regulated Practice: Legal Issues
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Chapter 7. Ethics: Basic Concepts for Professional Nursing Practice
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Chapter 8. Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
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Chapter 9. Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
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Chapter 10. The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
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Chapter 11. Developing Nursing Judgment through Critical Thinking
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Chapter 12. Communication and Collaboration in Professional Nursing
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Chapter 13. Nurses, Patients, and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and
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Chapter 15. Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations, and Government
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Chapter 16. Nursing’s Challenge: To Continue to Evolve
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1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of nursing as a female-
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A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs is not the
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B The percentage of men in nursing has increased 50% since 2000.
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2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more accurately
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A A larger percentage of minorities are enrolled in nursing educational programs
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increase, the percentage of white nurses would have to decrease in order to more
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3. Which of the following is a correct statement about the registered nurse (RN) population?
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