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9TH EDITION BY BETH
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PERRY BLACK
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CONTENTS
Chapter gu1. guNursing guin guToday’s guEvolving guHealth guCare guEnvironment
Chapter gu2. guThe guHistory guand guSocial guContext guof guNursing
Chapter gu3. guNursing’s guPathway guto guProfessionalism
Chapter gu4. guNursing guEducation guin guan guEvolving guHealth guCare guEnvironment
Chapter gu5. guBecoming gua guProfessional guNurse: guDefining guNursing guand guSocialization guInto
guPractice

Chapter gu6. guNursing guas gua guRegulated guPractice: guLegal guIssues
Chapter gu7. guEthics: guBasic guConcepts gufor guProfessional guNursing guPractice
Chapter gu8. guConceptual guand guPhilosophical guFoundations guof guProfessional guNursing guPractice
Chapter gu9. guNursing guTheory: guThe guBasis gufor guProfessional guNursing
Chapter gu10. guThe guScience guof guNursing guand guEvidence-Based guPractice
Chapter gu11. guDeveloping guNursing guJudgment guthrough guCritical guThinking
Chapter gu12. guCommunication guand guCollaboration guin guProfessional guNursing
Chapter gu13. guNurses, guPatients, guand guFamilies: guCaring guat guthe guIntersection guof guHealth, guIllness,
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Culture
Chapter gu14. guHealth guCare guin guthe guUnited guStates
Chapter gu15. guPolitical guActivism guin guNursing: guCommunities, guOrganizations, guand guGovernment
Chapter gu16. guNursing’s guChallenge: guTo guContinue guto guEvolve




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1. Which guof guthe gufollowing gucould gueventually guchange guthe guhistorical gustatus guof gunursing guas gua
gufemale-


dominated guprofession?

a. More gumen gugraduating gufrom gubaccalaureate guand guhigher gudegree guprograms
b. The guproportion guof gumen guin gunursing gubeginning guto guincrease
c. More gumale gugraduates guof gubasic gunursing guprograms guentering guthe guworkplace
d. Salary gucompensation guincreasing guto guattract gumore gumen


ANS: guC

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A More gumen gugraduating gufrom gubaccalaureate guand guhigher gudegree guprograms guis
gunot guthe gubest guanswer gubecause guassociate gudegree guprograms guproduce guthe gumost

gunew gugraduates.



B The gupercentage guof gumen guin gunursing guhas guincreased gu50% gusince gu2000.
C The gumore gumen guwho guenter guthe guworkplace guas gunurses, guthe guless gunursing guwill gube
guseen guas gua gufemale-dominated guprofession.



D Salary gurates gudo gunot guappear guto gurelate guto guthe gurecruitment guof gumen guinto gunursing.


DIF: guCognitive guLevel: guComprehension guREF: guMCS: gu2

2. The guracial guand guethnic gucomposition guof guthe gunursing guprofession guwill guchange guto gumore
accurately gureflect guthe gupopulation guas gua guwhole guwhen
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a. the guincreased gunumbers guof guracial guand guethnic guminorities guenrolled guin
gueducational guprograms gugraduate guand gubegin guto gupractice.



b. the gunumber guof guAsians guor guNative guHawaiian-Pacific guIslanders gubegins guto guincrease.
c. the gupercentage guof guAfrican-American guand guHispanic gunurses gudecreases gumore
guthan guthe gupercentage guof guwhite gunurses.




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d. the gunonwhite guportion guof guthe gugeneral gupopulation gudecreases.


ANS: guA

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A A gularger gupercentage guof guminorities guare guenrolled guin gunursing gueducational
guprograms guthan gupreviously.



B Asians guand guNative guHawaiian-Pacific guIslanders guare guover gurepresented guin
gunursing gucompared guto gutheir gupercentage guof guthe gugeneral gupopulation.



C Not guonly guwould guthe gupercentage guof guAfrican-American guand guHispanic gunurses
guneed guto guincrease, guthe gupercentage guof guwhite gunurses guwould guhave guto gudecrease

guin guorder guto gumore guaccurately gureflect guthe gupopulation guas gua guwhole.



D The gunonwhite guportion guof guthe gugeneral gupopulation guis gunot gulikely guto gudecrease.


DIF: guCognitive guLevel: guComprehension guREF: guMCS: gu3

3. Which guof guthe gufollowing guis gua gucorrect gustatement guabout guthe guregistered gunurse gu(RN)
gupopulation?




a. The guracial/ethnic gucomposition guof guRNs guclosely guresembles guthat guof guthe
gugeneral gupopulation.



b. The gunumber guof gumen guentering gunursing guhas gudecreased gusteadily guover guthe gulast gudecade.
c. The gurate guof guaging guof guRNs guhas guslowed gufor guthe gufirst gutime guin guthe gupast gu30 guyears.
d. The gumajority guof guemployed guRNs guworking gufull gutime gumust guwork gua gusecond guposition.


ANS: guC

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A The guracial/ethnic gucomposition guof guRNs guis guincreasing, gubut gudoes gunot
guapproximate gutheir gupercentage guof guthe guoverall gupopulation.



B The gunumber guof gumen guentering gunursing guis guincreasing.
C The guaverage guage guof guRNs guin guboth gu2004 guand gu2008 guwas gu46. guThis guis gua
guresult guof guthe gunumbers guof guRNs guunder gu30 guin guthe guworkforce.



D According guto gu2008 gudata, guonly gu12% guof gunurses guworking gufull gutime guhold
gusecond gupositions.




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