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COMPLETE TEST BANK FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING:
CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES 9TH EDITION
BY BETH BLACK - ISBN 978-0323551137 UPDATED
2025 & GRADED A+
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1.NURSING IN TODAY’S EVOLVING HEALTH CARE
ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................... 3
CHAPTER 2.THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF NURSING ......... 19
CHAPTER 3.NURSING’S PATHWAY TO PROFESSIONALISM .................. 46
CHAPTER 4.NURSING EDUCATION IN AN EVOLVING HEALTH CARE
ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................... 60
CHAPTER 5.BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL NURSE: DEFINING NURSING
AND SOCIALIZATION INTO PRACTICE ................................................. 81
CHAPTER 6.NURSING AS A REGULATED PRACTICE: LEGAL ISSUES . 102
CHAPTER 7.ETHICS: BASIC CONCEPTS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING
PRACTICE ......................................................................................... 128
CHAPTER 8.CONCEPTUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF
PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE ................................................ 146
CHAPTER 9.NURSING THEORY: THE BASIS FOR PROFESSIONAL
NURSING ........................................................................................... 168
CHAPTER 10.THE SCIENCE OF NURSING AND EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE ......................................................................................... 198
CHAPTER 11.DEVELOPING NURSING JUDGMENT THROUGH CRITICAL
THINKING ......................................................................................... 216
CHAPTER 12.COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN
PROFESSIONAL NURSING ................................................................. 245
CHAPTER 13.NURSES, PATIENTS, AND FAMILIES: CARING AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND CULTURE ...................... 281
CHAPTER 14.HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES ....................... 307
CHAPTER 15.POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN NURSING: COMMUNITIES,
ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT ...................................................... 337
CHAPTER 16.NURSING CHALLENGE: TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE....... 348
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PROFESSIONAL NURSING: CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES, 9TH EDITION
TEST BANK
CHAPTER 1.NURSING IN TODAY’S EVOLVING HEALTH
CARE ENVIRONMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COULD EVENTUALLY CHANGE THE
HISTORICAL STATUS OF NURSING AS A FEMALE- DOMINATED
PROFESSION?
A. MORE MEN GRADUATING FROM BACCALAUREATE AND HIGHER
DEGREE PROGRAMS
B. THE PROPORTION OF MEN IN NURSING BEGINNING TO INCREASE
C. MORE MALE GRADUATES OF BASIC NURSING PROGRAMS
ENTERING THE WORKPLACE
D. SALARY COMPENSATION INCREASING TO ATTRACT MORE MEN
ANS: C
FEEDBACK
A MORE MEN GRADUATING FROM BACCALAUREATE AND HIGHER
DEGREE PROGRAMS IS NOT THE BEST ANSWER BECAUSE ASSOCIATE
DEGREE PROGRAMS PRODUCE THE MOST NEW GRADUATES.
B THE PERCENTAGE OF MEN IN NURSING HAS INCREASED 50%
SINCE 2000.
C THE MORE MEN WHO ENTER THE WORKPLACE AS NURSES, THE
LESS NURSING WILL BE SEEN AS A FEMALE-DOMINATED PROFESSION.
D SALARY RATES DO NOT APPEAR TO RELATE TO THE
RECRUITMENT OF MEN INTO NURSING.
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DIF: COGNITIVE LEVEL: COMPREHENSION REF: MCS: 2
2. THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF THE NURSING
PROFESSION WILL CHANGE TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE
POPULATION AS A WHOLE WHEN
A. THE INCREASED NUMBERS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
ENROLLED IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS GRADUATE AND BEGIN TO
PRACTICE.
B. THE NUMBER OF ASIANS OR NATIVE HAWAIIAN-PACIFIC
ISLANDERS BEGINS TO INCREASE.
C. THE PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC NURSES
DECREASES MORE THAN THE PERCENTAGE OF WHITE NURSES.
D. THE NONWHITE PORTION OF THE GENERAL POPULATION
DECREASES.
ANS: A
FEEDBACK
A A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF MINORITIES ARE ENROLLED IN
NURSING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAN PREVIOUSLY.
B ASIANS AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE OVER
REPRESENTED IN NURSING COMPARED TO THEIR PERCENTAGE OF THE
GENERAL POPULATION.
C NOT ONLY WOULD THE PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
HISPANIC NURSES NEED TO INCREASE, THE PERCENTAGE OF WHITE
NURSES WOULD HAVE TO DECREASE IN ORDER TO MORE ACCURATELY
REFLECT THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE.
D THE NONWHITE PORTION OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IS NOT
LIKELY TO DECREASE.
COMPLETE TEST BANK FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING:
CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES 9TH EDITION
BY BETH BLACK - ISBN 978-0323551137 UPDATED
2025 & GRADED A+
,2|Page
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1.NURSING IN TODAY’S EVOLVING HEALTH CARE
ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................... 3
CHAPTER 2.THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF NURSING ......... 19
CHAPTER 3.NURSING’S PATHWAY TO PROFESSIONALISM .................. 46
CHAPTER 4.NURSING EDUCATION IN AN EVOLVING HEALTH CARE
ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................... 60
CHAPTER 5.BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL NURSE: DEFINING NURSING
AND SOCIALIZATION INTO PRACTICE ................................................. 81
CHAPTER 6.NURSING AS A REGULATED PRACTICE: LEGAL ISSUES . 102
CHAPTER 7.ETHICS: BASIC CONCEPTS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING
PRACTICE ......................................................................................... 128
CHAPTER 8.CONCEPTUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF
PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE ................................................ 146
CHAPTER 9.NURSING THEORY: THE BASIS FOR PROFESSIONAL
NURSING ........................................................................................... 168
CHAPTER 10.THE SCIENCE OF NURSING AND EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICE ......................................................................................... 198
CHAPTER 11.DEVELOPING NURSING JUDGMENT THROUGH CRITICAL
THINKING ......................................................................................... 216
CHAPTER 12.COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN
PROFESSIONAL NURSING ................................................................. 245
CHAPTER 13.NURSES, PATIENTS, AND FAMILIES: CARING AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND CULTURE ...................... 281
CHAPTER 14.HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES ....................... 307
CHAPTER 15.POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN NURSING: COMMUNITIES,
ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT ...................................................... 337
CHAPTER 16.NURSING CHALLENGE: TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE....... 348
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PROFESSIONAL NURSING: CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES, 9TH EDITION
TEST BANK
CHAPTER 1.NURSING IN TODAY’S EVOLVING HEALTH
CARE ENVIRONMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COULD EVENTUALLY CHANGE THE
HISTORICAL STATUS OF NURSING AS A FEMALE- DOMINATED
PROFESSION?
A. MORE MEN GRADUATING FROM BACCALAUREATE AND HIGHER
DEGREE PROGRAMS
B. THE PROPORTION OF MEN IN NURSING BEGINNING TO INCREASE
C. MORE MALE GRADUATES OF BASIC NURSING PROGRAMS
ENTERING THE WORKPLACE
D. SALARY COMPENSATION INCREASING TO ATTRACT MORE MEN
ANS: C
FEEDBACK
A MORE MEN GRADUATING FROM BACCALAUREATE AND HIGHER
DEGREE PROGRAMS IS NOT THE BEST ANSWER BECAUSE ASSOCIATE
DEGREE PROGRAMS PRODUCE THE MOST NEW GRADUATES.
B THE PERCENTAGE OF MEN IN NURSING HAS INCREASED 50%
SINCE 2000.
C THE MORE MEN WHO ENTER THE WORKPLACE AS NURSES, THE
LESS NURSING WILL BE SEEN AS A FEMALE-DOMINATED PROFESSION.
D SALARY RATES DO NOT APPEAR TO RELATE TO THE
RECRUITMENT OF MEN INTO NURSING.
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DIF: COGNITIVE LEVEL: COMPREHENSION REF: MCS: 2
2. THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF THE NURSING
PROFESSION WILL CHANGE TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE
POPULATION AS A WHOLE WHEN
A. THE INCREASED NUMBERS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
ENROLLED IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS GRADUATE AND BEGIN TO
PRACTICE.
B. THE NUMBER OF ASIANS OR NATIVE HAWAIIAN-PACIFIC
ISLANDERS BEGINS TO INCREASE.
C. THE PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC NURSES
DECREASES MORE THAN THE PERCENTAGE OF WHITE NURSES.
D. THE NONWHITE PORTION OF THE GENERAL POPULATION
DECREASES.
ANS: A
FEEDBACK
A A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF MINORITIES ARE ENROLLED IN
NURSING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAN PREVIOUSLY.
B ASIANS AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE OVER
REPRESENTED IN NURSING COMPARED TO THEIR PERCENTAGE OF THE
GENERAL POPULATION.
C NOT ONLY WOULD THE PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
HISPANIC NURSES NEED TO INCREASE, THE PERCENTAGE OF WHITE
NURSES WOULD HAVE TO DECREASE IN ORDER TO MORE ACCURATELY
REFLECT THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE.
D THE NONWHITE PORTION OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IS NOT
LIKELY TO DECREASE.
