TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing 9th Edition by Lucy Hood Chapters 1 - 22 Complete

TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing

9th Edition by Lucy Hood
Chapters 1 - 22 Complete

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1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of nursing as a female-
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dominated profession?
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a. More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs
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b. The proportion of men in nursing beginning to increase
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c. More male graduates of basic nursing programs entering the workplace
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d. Salary compensation increasing to attract more men
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A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs is not the
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bestanswerbecauseassociatedegree programsproducethemost new graduates.
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B The percentage of men in nursing has increased 50% since 2000.
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C The more men who enter the workplace as nurses, the less nursing will be seen as a fe
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D Salaryrates do not appear to relate to the recruitment of men into nursing.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 2
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2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursingprofession will change to more accurately refl
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ect the population as a whole when
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a. the increasednumbersof racialand ethnicminorities enrolled in educational pr
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ograms graduate and begin to practice. ic ic ic ic ic




b. the number of Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
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c. the percentageof African-
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Americanand Hispanic nurses decreases more than the percentage of white nurses.
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, d. the nonwhite portion of the general population decreases.
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A A larger percentageofminorities areenrolled in nursing educationalprograms th
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PacificIslanders areoverrepresentedin nursing compared to their percentage
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of the general population.
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C Not only would the percentage of African-
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American and Hispanic nurses need to increase, the percentage of white nurses wo ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic




uld have to decrease in order to more accurately reflect the population as a whole.
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D The nonwhite portion of the general population is not likely to decrease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 3
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3. Which of the following is a correct statement about the registered nurse (RN) population?
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a. Theracial/ethnic composition of RNs closelyresembles that of thegeneral po
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pulation.
b. The number of men entering nursing has decreased steadily over the last decade.
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c. Therate of aging of RNs has slowed for the first time in the past 30 years.
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d. The majority of employed RNs working full time must work a second position.
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A Theracial/ethniccomposition ofRNs is increasing, butdoes notapproximate the
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ir percentage of the overall population.
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B The number of men entering nursing is increasing.
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C The average age of RNs in both 2004 and 2008 was 46. This is a result of the numb
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ers of RNs under 30 in the workforce.
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D Accordingto 2008 data, only12% of nurses working full time hold second posit ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic ic




ions.