Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing 9th Edition Hood Test Bank ISBN : 9781496351364

TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing
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9th Edition by Lucy Hood
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Chapters 1 - 22 Complete
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,Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
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1. Which f#of f#the f#following f#could f#eventually f#change f#the f#historical f#status f#of f#nursing f#as f#a
female- f#dominated f#profession?
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a. More f#men f#graduating f#from f#baccalaureate f#and f#higher f#degree f#programs
b. The f#proportion f#of f#men f#in f#nursing f#beginning f#to f#increase
c. More f#male f#graduates f#of f#basic f#nursing f#programs f#entering f#the f#workplace
d. Salary f#compensation f#increasing f#to f#attract f#more f#men


ANSWER: f#C

Feedback
A More f#men f#graduating f#from f#baccalaureate f#and f#higher f#degree f#programs
f#is f#not f#the f#best f#answer f#because f#associate f#degree f#programs f#produce f#the

f#most f#new f#graduates.



B The f#percentage f#of f#men f#in f#nursing f#has f#increased f#50% f#since f#2000.
C The f#more f#men f#who f#enter f#the f#workplace f#as f#nurses, f#the f#less f#nursing f#will
f#be f#seen f#as f#a f#female-dominated f#profession.



D Salary f#rates f#do f#not f#appear f#to f#relate f#to f#the f#recruitment f#of f#men f#into f#nursing.


DIF: f#Cognitive f#Level: f#Comprehension f#REF: f#MCS: f#2

2. The f#racial f#and f#ethnic f#composition f#of f#the f#nursing f#profession f#will f#change f#to f#more
accurately f#reflect f#the f#population f#as f#a f#whole f#when
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a. the f#increased f#numbers f#of f#racial f#and f#ethnic f#minorities f#enrolled f#in
f#educational f#programs f#graduate f#and f#begin f#to f#practice.



b. the f#number f#of f#Asians f#or f#Native f#Hawaiian-Pacific f#Islanders f#begins f#to f#increase.
c. the f#percentage f#of f#African-American f#and f#Hispanic f#nurses f#decreases f#more
f#than f#the f#percentage f#of f#white f#nurses.

, d. the f#nonwhite f#portion f#of f#the f#general f#population f#decreases.


ANSWER: f#A

Feedback
A A f#larger f#percentage f#of f#minorities f#are f#enrolled f#in f#nursing f#educational
f#programs f#than f#previously.



B Asians f#and f#Native f#Hawaiian-Pacific f#Islanders f#are f#over f#represented f#in
f#nursing f#compared f#to f#their f#percentage f#of f#the f#general f#population.



C Not f#only f#would f#the f#percentage f#of f#African-American f#and f#Hispanic f#nurses
f#need f#to f#increase, f#the f#percentage f#of f#white f#nurses f#would f#have f#to

f#decrease f#in f#order f#to f#more f#accurately f#reflect f#the f#population f#as f#a

f#whole.



D The f#nonwhite f#portion f#of f#the f#general f#population f#is f#not f#likely f#to f#decrease.


DIF: f#Cognitive f#Level: f#Comprehension f#REF: f#MCS: f#3

3. Which f#of f#the f#following f#is f#a f#correct f#statement f#about f#the f#registered f#nurse f#(RN)
f#population?




a. The f#racial/ethnic f#composition f#of f#RNs f#closely f#resembles f#that f#of f#the
f#general f#population.



b. The f#number f#of f#men f#entering f#nursing f#has f#decreased f#steadily f#over f#the f#last f#decade.
c. The f#rate f#of f#aging f#of f#RNs f#has f#slowed f#for f#the f#first f#time f#in f#the f#past f#30 f#years.
d. The f#majority f#of f#employed f#RNs f#working f#full f#time f#must f#work f#a f#second f#position.


ANSWER: f#C

Feedback
A The f#racial/ethnic f#composition f#of f#RNs f#is f#increasing, f#but f#does f#not
f#approximate f#their f#percentage f#of f#the f#overall f#population.



B The f#number f#of f#men f#entering f#nursing f#is f#increasing.
C The f#average f#age f#of f#RNs f#in f#both f#2004 f#and f#2008 f#was f#46. f#This f#is f#a
f#result f#of f#the f#numbers f#of f#RNs f#under f#30 f#in f#the f#workforce.



D According f#to f#2008 f#data, f#only f#12% f#of f#nurses f#working f#full f#time f#hold
f#second f#positions.