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,Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
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a. Moremen 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. Moremale graduates of basic nursing programs entering the workplace
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d. Salarycompensation increasing to attract more men
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A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs is not the best
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answerbecauseassociatedegreeprogramsproducethemostnewgraduates.
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B Thepercentage of men in nursing has increased 50% since 2000.
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C The more men who enter theworkplace as nurses, the less nursingwillbeseenas a
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D Salaryrates do not appear to relate to the recruitment of men into nursing.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 2
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2. Theracial andethniccompositionofthe nursingprofessionwillchangeto moreaccurately
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reflect the population as a whole when
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a. theincreasednumbersofracialandethnicminoritiesenrolledineducational
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b. thenumberof Asians or NativeHawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
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c. thepercentageofAfrican-AmericanandHispanic nursesdecreases morethanthe
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percentage of white nurses. J J J

, d. the nonwhite portion of the general population decreases.
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A Alargerpercentageofminoritiesareenrolledin nursingeducationalprograms than
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previously.
B AsiansandNativeHawaiian-PacificIslandersareoverrepresentedinnursing
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compared to their percentage of the general population.
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C Not only would the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses need to
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increase, the percentage of white nurses would have to decrease in order to more
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accurately reflect the population as a whole.
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D The nonwhite portion of the general population is not likelyto decrease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 3
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3. Whichofthe following is a correct statement about the registered nurse (RN) population?
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a. Theracial/ethniccompositionofRNscloselyresemblesthat ofthegeneral
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population.
b. The number of men entering nursing has decreased steadilyover the last decade.
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c. Therate of aging of RNs has slowed forthe first time in the past 30 years.
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d. Themajorityof employed RNs working full time must work a second position.
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A Theracial/ethniccompositionofRNsis increasing, butdoesnotapproximate their
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percentage of the overall population. J J J J




B The number of men entering nursing is increasing.
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C Theaverage age ofRNs in both2004 and 2008was 46. This isaresult ofthe
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numbers of RNs under 30 in the workforce.
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D Accordingto2008data, only12%ofnursesworkingfulltime holdsecond
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positions.