NIU NURS 302 Professional Nursing EXAM 1 NCLEX Practice Questions with solutions

NIU NURS 302 Professional Nursing EXAM 1 NCLEX Practice Questions with solutions Chapter 1 Nursing in Today's Evolving Health Care Environment 1. A professor is presenting a lecture on the age of nurses in the work force today. Which statement by one of the student nurses indicates that the teaching has been effective? A. "In the past decade, the rate of aging of nurses has increased steadily." B. "The average age of graduates from nursing programs is 25 years old." C. "Older nurses are likely to remain in the workforce because the nursing field is reasonably protected from layoffs experienced by other professions." Correct D. "One-third of the current workforce is younger than 50 years old." The increasing number of older nurses who are in the workforce is possibly due to the recent economic downturn, which resulted in high unemployment rates. The nursing field is reasonably protected from layoffs that other professions often experience. In the past decade, the rate of aging nurses has decreased. The average age of graduating nurses from all nursing programs is 31 years old. One-third of the current workforce is older than 50 years of age