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Professional43Nursing:43Concepts43&43Challenges,439th43Edition43Test43Bank
Chapter431.Nursing43in43Today’s43Evolving43Health43Care43Environment43MU
LTIPLE43CHOICE
1. Which43of43the43following43could43eventually43change43the43historical43status43of43nursing43as43a
43female-
dominated43profession?
a. More43men43graduating43from43baccalaureate43and43higher43degree43programs
b. The43proportion43of43men43in43nursing43beginning43to43increase
c. More43male43graduates43of43basic43nursing43programs43entering43the43workplace
d. Salary43compensation43increasing43to43attract43more43men
SOLUTION:43C
RATIONALE:
A More43men43graduating43from43baccalaureate43and43higher43degree43programs43i
s43not43the43best43answer43because43associate43degree43programs43produce43the
43most43new43graduates.
B The43percentage43of43men43in43nursing43has43increased4350%43since432000.
C The43more43men43who43enter43the43workplace43as43nurses,43the43less43nursing43wi
ll43be43seen43as43a43female-dominated43profession.
D Salary43rates43do43not43appear43to43relate43to43the43recruitment43of43men43into43nursing.
DIF:43Cognitive43Level:43Comprehension43REF:43MCS:432
2. The43racial43and43ethnic43composition43of43the43nursing43profession43will43change43to43mor
e43accurately43reflect43the43population43as43a43whole43when
a. the43increased43numbers43of43racial43and43ethnic43minorities43enrolled43in43ed
ucational43programs43graduate43and43begin43to43practice.
b. the43number43of43Asians43or43Native43Hawaiian-Pacific43Islanders43begins43to43increase.
c. the43percentage43of43African-
American43and43Hispanic43nurses43decreases43more43than43the43percentage43of43
white43nurses.
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d. the43nonwhite43portion43of43the43general43population43decreases.
SOLUTION:43A
RATIONALE:
A A43larger43percentage43of43minorities43are43enrolled43in43nursing43educational43
programs43than43previously.
B Asians43and43Native43Hawaiian-
Pacific43Islanders43are43over43represented43in43nursing43compared43to43their43
percentage43of43the43general43population.
C Not43only43would43the43percentage43of43African-
American43and43Hispanic43nurses43need43to43increase,43the43percentage43of43whit
e43nurses43would43have43to43decrease43in43order43to43more43accurately43reflect43t
he43population43as43a43whole.
D The43nonwhite43portion43of43the43general43population43is43not43likely43to43decrease.
DIF:43Cognitive43Level:43Comprehension43REF:43MCS:433
3. Which43of43the43following43is43a43correct43statement43about43the43registered43nurse43(RN)43popul
ation?
a. The43racial/ethnic43composition43of43REGISTERED43NURSES43cl
osely43resembles43that43of43the43general43population.
b. The43number43of43men43entering43nursing43has43decreased43steadily43over43the43last43decade.
c. The43rate43of43aging43of43REGISTERED43NURSES43has43slowed43for43the43first43time43i
n43the43past433043years.
d. The43majority43of43employed43REGISTERED43NURSES43working43full43time43must43wor
k43a43second43position.
SOLUTION:43C
RATIONALE:
A The43racial/ethnic43composition43of43REGISTERED43NURSES43is43increasi
ng,43but43does43not43approximate43their43percentage43of43the43overall43popu
lation.
B The43number43of43men43entering43nursing43is43increasing.
C The43average43age43of43REGISTERED43NURSES43in43both43200443and4320
0843was4346.43This43is43a43result43of43the43numbers43of43REGISTERED43N
URSES43under433043in43the43workforce.
D According43to43200843data,43only4312%43of43nurses43working43full43
time43hold43second43positions.
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Professional43Nursing:43Concepts43&43Challenges,439th43Edition43Test43Bank
Chapter431.Nursing43in43Today’s43Evolving43Health43Care43Environment43MU
LTIPLE43CHOICE
1. Which43of43the43following43could43eventually43change43the43historical43status43of43nursing43as43a
43female-
dominated43profession?
a. More43men43graduating43from43baccalaureate43and43higher43degree43programs
b. The43proportion43of43men43in43nursing43beginning43to43increase
c. More43male43graduates43of43basic43nursing43programs43entering43the43workplace
d. Salary43compensation43increasing43to43attract43more43men
SOLUTION:43C
RATIONALE:
A More43men43graduating43from43baccalaureate43and43higher43degree43programs43i
s43not43the43best43answer43because43associate43degree43programs43produce43the
43most43new43graduates.
B The43percentage43of43men43in43nursing43has43increased4350%43since432000.
C The43more43men43who43enter43the43workplace43as43nurses,43the43less43nursing43wi
ll43be43seen43as43a43female-dominated43profession.
D Salary43rates43do43not43appear43to43relate43to43the43recruitment43of43men43into43nursing.
DIF:43Cognitive43Level:43Comprehension43REF:43MCS:432
2. The43racial43and43ethnic43composition43of43the43nursing43profession43will43change43to43mor
e43accurately43reflect43the43population43as43a43whole43when
a. the43increased43numbers43of43racial43and43ethnic43minorities43enrolled43in43ed
ucational43programs43graduate43and43begin43to43practice.
b. the43number43of43Asians43or43Native43Hawaiian-Pacific43Islanders43begins43to43increase.
c. the43percentage43of43African-
American43and43Hispanic43nurses43decreases43more43than43the43percentage43of43
white43nurses.
, Test43Bank43for43Professional43Nursing43Concepts43&43Challenges,439th43Edition,43
Beth43Black
d. the43nonwhite43portion43of43the43general43population43decreases.
SOLUTION:43A
RATIONALE:
A A43larger43percentage43of43minorities43are43enrolled43in43nursing43educational43
programs43than43previously.
B Asians43and43Native43Hawaiian-
Pacific43Islanders43are43over43represented43in43nursing43compared43to43their43
percentage43of43the43general43population.
C Not43only43would43the43percentage43of43African-
American43and43Hispanic43nurses43need43to43increase,43the43percentage43of43whit
e43nurses43would43have43to43decrease43in43order43to43more43accurately43reflect43t
he43population43as43a43whole.
D The43nonwhite43portion43of43the43general43population43is43not43likely43to43decrease.
DIF:43Cognitive43Level:43Comprehension43REF:43MCS:433
3. Which43of43the43following43is43a43correct43statement43about43the43registered43nurse43(RN)43popul
ation?
a. The43racial/ethnic43composition43of43REGISTERED43NURSES43cl
osely43resembles43that43of43the43general43population.
b. The43number43of43men43entering43nursing43has43decreased43steadily43over43the43last43decade.
c. The43rate43of43aging43of43REGISTERED43NURSES43has43slowed43for43the43first43time43i
n43the43past433043years.
d. The43majority43of43employed43REGISTERED43NURSES43working43full43time43must43wor
k43a43second43position.
SOLUTION:43C
RATIONALE:
A The43racial/ethnic43composition43of43REGISTERED43NURSES43is43increasi
ng,43but43does43not43approximate43their43percentage43of43the43overall43popu
lation.
B The43number43of43men43entering43nursing43is43increasing.
C The43average43age43of43REGISTERED43NURSES43in43both43200443and4320
0843was4346.43This43is43a43result43of43the43numbers43of43REGISTERED43N
URSES43under433043in43the43workforce.
D According43to43200843data,43only4312%43of43nurses43working43full43
time43hold43second43positions.
