Test Bank for Leddy & Pepper's Professional Nursing, 10th Edition

TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional
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ii Nursing 10th Editionx ii x ii




x by Lucy Hood
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ii Chapters 1 - 22 Complete ii
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,Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse x x x




1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of
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x nursing as a female- 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 x x x x attract more men x x




ANSWER: C x




Feedback
A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree
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programs is not the best answer because associate degree
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programs produce the most new graduates.
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B The percentage of x x x men in x x nursing has increased 50% since x x x x x 2000.
C The more men who enter the workplace as nurses, the less
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nursing will be seen as a female-dominated profession.
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D Salary rates do not appear to relate to the recruitment of men into
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nursing.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 2
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2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will
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x change to more accurately x x x x reflect x the x population x as x a x whole
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a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled
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in educational programs graduate and begin to
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practice.
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b. the number of Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
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c. the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses decreases
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more than the percentage of white nurses.
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, d. the nonwhite portion x x x of x the x general x population x decreases.


ANSWER: A x




Feedback
A A larger percentage of minorities are enrolled in nursing educational
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programs than previously.
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B Asians and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders are over
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represented in nursing compared to their percentage
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the general population.
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C Not only would the percentage of
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Hispanic nurses need to increase, the percentage of white
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nurses would have to decrease in order to more accurately
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reflect the population as a whole.
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D The nonwhite x x portion x of x the x general x population x is x not x likely to x



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
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x nurse (RN) population? x x




a. The racial/ethnic composition of RNs closely resembles that
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of the general population.
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b. The number of x x x men x entering nursing has x x x decreased x steadily over x x the last
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decade.
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c. The rate 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
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position.
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ANSWER: C x




Feedback
A The racial/ethnic composition of RNs is increasing, but does not
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approximate their 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.
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This is a result of the numbers of RNs under 30
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in the workforce.
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