TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing
9th Edition by Lucy Hood
Chapters 1 - 22 Complete
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,Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
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
ANSWER: C
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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 arates ado anot aappear ato arelate ato athe arecruitment aof amen ainto anursing.
DIF: aCognitive aLevel: aComprehension aREF: aMCS: a2
2. The aracial aand aethnic acomposition aof athe anursing aprofession awill achange ato amore
aaccurately areflect athe apopulation aas aa awhole awhen
a. the aincreased anumbers aof aracial aand aethnic aminorities aenrolled ain
aeducational aprograms agraduate aand abegin ato apractice.
b. the anumber aof aAsians aor aNative aHawaiian-Pacific aIslanders abegins ato aincrease.
c. the apercentage aof aAfrican-American aand aHispanic anurses adecreases amore athan
athe apercentage aof awhite anurses.
, d. the anonwhite aportion aof athe ageneral apopulation adecreases.
ANSWER: aA
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A A alarger apercentage aof aminorities aare aenrolled ain anursing aeducational
aprograms athan apreviously.
B Asians aand aNative aHawaiian-Pacific aIslanders aare aover arepresented ain
anursing acompared ato atheir apercentage aof athe ageneral apopulation.
C Not aonly awould athe apercentage aof aAfrican-American aand aHispanic anurses
aneed ato aincrease, athe apercentage aof awhite anurses awould ahave ato adecrease
ain aorder ato amore aaccurately areflect athe apopulation aas aa awhole.
D The anonwhite aportion aof athe ageneral apopulation ais anot alikely ato adecrease.
DIF: aCognitive aLevel: aComprehension aREF: aMCS: a3
3. Which aof athe afollowing ais aa acorrect astatement aabout athe aregistered anurse a(RN) apopulation?
a. The aracial/ethnic acomposition aof aRNs aclosely aresembles athat aof athe
ageneral apopulation.
b. The anumber aof amen aentering anursing ahas adecreased asteadily aover athe alast adecade.
c. The arate aof aaging aof aRNs ahas aslowed afor athe afirst atime ain athe apast a30 ayears.
d. The amajority aof aemployed aRNs aworking afull atime amust awork aa asecond aposition.
ANSWER: aC
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A The aracial/ethnic acomposition aof aRNs ais aincreasing, abut adoes anot
aapproximate atheir apercentage aof athe aoverall apopulation.
B The anumber aof amen aentering anursing ais aincreasing.
C The aaverage aage aof aRNs ain aboth a2004 aand a2008 awas a46. aThis ais aa
aresult aof athe anumbers aof aRNs aunder a30 ain athe aworkforce.
D According ato a2008 adata, aonly a12% aof anurses aworking afull atime ahold
asecond apositions.
9th Edition by Lucy Hood
Chapters 1 - 22 Complete
,
,Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
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
ANSWER: 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 arates ado anot aappear ato arelate ato athe arecruitment aof amen ainto anursing.
DIF: aCognitive aLevel: aComprehension aREF: aMCS: a2
2. The aracial aand aethnic acomposition aof athe anursing aprofession awill achange ato amore
aaccurately areflect athe apopulation aas aa awhole awhen
a. the aincreased anumbers aof aracial aand aethnic aminorities aenrolled ain
aeducational aprograms agraduate aand abegin ato apractice.
b. the anumber aof aAsians aor aNative aHawaiian-Pacific aIslanders abegins ato aincrease.
c. the apercentage aof aAfrican-American aand aHispanic anurses adecreases amore athan
athe apercentage aof awhite anurses.
, d. the anonwhite aportion aof athe ageneral apopulation adecreases.
ANSWER: aA
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A A alarger apercentage aof aminorities aare aenrolled ain anursing aeducational
aprograms athan apreviously.
B Asians aand aNative aHawaiian-Pacific aIslanders aare aover arepresented ain
anursing acompared ato atheir apercentage aof athe ageneral apopulation.
C Not aonly awould athe apercentage aof aAfrican-American aand aHispanic anurses
aneed ato aincrease, athe apercentage aof awhite anurses awould ahave ato adecrease
ain aorder ato amore aaccurately areflect athe apopulation aas aa awhole.
D The anonwhite aportion aof athe ageneral apopulation ais anot alikely ato adecrease.
DIF: aCognitive aLevel: aComprehension aREF: aMCS: a3
3. Which aof athe afollowing ais aa acorrect astatement aabout athe aregistered anurse a(RN) apopulation?
a. The aracial/ethnic acomposition aof aRNs aclosely aresembles athat aof athe
ageneral apopulation.
b. The anumber aof amen aentering anursing ahas adecreased asteadily aover athe alast adecade.
c. The arate aof aaging aof aRNs ahas aslowed afor athe afirst atime ain athe apast a30 ayears.
d. The amajority aof aemployed aRNs aworking afull atime amust awork aa asecond aposition.
ANSWER: aC
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A The aracial/ethnic acomposition aof aRNs ais aincreasing, abut adoes anot
aapproximate atheir apercentage aof athe aoverall apopulation.
B The anumber aof amen aentering anursing ais aincreasing.
C The aaverage aage aof aRNs ain aboth a2004 aand a2008 awas a46. aThis ais aa
aresult aof athe anumbers aof aRNs aunder a30 ain athe aworkforce.
D According ato a2008 adata, aonly a12% aof anurses aworking afull atime ahold
asecond apositions.
