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Chapterv1.NursingvinvToday’svEvolvingvHealthvCarevEnvironmentvMULTIPL

EvCHOICE

1. Whichvofvthevfollowingvcouldveventuallyvchangevthevhistoricalvstatusvofvnursingvasvavfemale-
dominatedvprofession?

a. Morevmenvgraduatingvfromvbaccalaureatevandvhighervdegreevprograms
b. Thevproportionvofvmenvinvnursingvbeginningvtovincrease
c. Morevmalevgraduatesvofvbasicvnursingvprogramsventeringvthevworkplace
d. Salaryvcompensationvincreasingvtovattractvmorevmen


ANS:vC

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A Morevmenvgraduatingvfromvbaccalaureatevandvhighervdegreevprogramsvisvnotvthevb
estvanswervbecausevassociatevdegreevprogramsvproducevthevmostvnewvgraduates.
B Thevpercentagevofvmenvinvnursingvhasvincreasedv50%vsincev2000.
C Thevmorevmenvwhoventervthevworkplacevasvnurses,vthevlessvnursingvwillvbevseenvasva
vfemale-dominatedvprofession.



D Salaryvratesvdovnotvappearvtovrelatevtovthevrecruitmentvofvmenvintovnursing.


DIF:vCognitivevLevel:vComprehensionvREF:vMCS:v2

2. Thevracialvandvethnicvcompositionvofvthevnursingvprofessionvwillvchangevtovmorevaccuratelyvr
eflectvthevpopulationvasvavwholevwhen

a. thevincreasedvnumbersvofvracialvandvethnicvminoritiesvenrolledvinveducationalv
programsvgraduatevandvbeginvtovpractice.
b. thevnumbervofvAsiansvorvNativevHawaiian-PacificvIslandersvbeginsvtovincrease.
c. thevpercentagevofvAfrican-
AmericanvandvHispanicvnursesvdecreasesvmorevthanvthevpercentagevofvwhitevnurses
.

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d. thevnonwhitevportionvofvthevgeneralvpopulationvdecreases.


ANS:vA

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A Avlargervpercentagevofvminoritiesvarevenrolledvinvnursingveducationalvprogramsvt
hanvpreviously.
B AsiansvandvNativevHawaiian-
PacificvIslandersvarevovervrepresentedvinvnursingvcomparedvtovtheirvpercentagev
ofvthevgeneralvpopulation.
C NotvonlyvwouldvthevpercentagevofvAfrican-
AmericanvandvHispanicvnursesvneedvtovincrease,vthevpercentagevofvwhitevnursesvw
ouldvhavevtovdecreasevinvordervtovmorevaccuratelyvreflectvthevpopulationvasvavwhole
.
D Thevnonwhitevportionvofvthevgeneralvpopulationvisvnotvlikelyvtovdecrease.


DIF:vCognitivevLevel:vComprehensionvREF:vMCS:v3

3. Whichvofvthevfollowingvisvavcorrectvstatementvaboutvthevregisteredvnursev(RN)vpopulation?

a. Thevracial/ethnicvcompositionvofvRNsvcloselyvresemblesvthatvofvthevgeneralv
population.
b. Thevnumbervofvmenventeringvnursingvhasvdecreasedvsteadilyvovervthevlastvdecade.
c. ThevratevofvagingvofvRNsvhasvslowedvforvthevfirstvtimevinvthevpastv30vyears.
d. ThevmajorityvofvemployedvRNsvworkingvfullvtimevmustvworkvavsecondvposition.


ANS:vC

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A Thevracial/ethnicvcompositionvofvRNsvisvincreasing,vbutvdoesvnotvapproximatevt
heirvpercentagevofvthevoverallvpopulation.
B Thevnumbervofvmenventeringvnursingvisvincreasing.
C ThevaveragevagevofvRNsvinvbothv2004vandv2008vwasv46.vThisvisvavresultvofvthevn
umbersvofvRNsvunderv30vinvthevworkforce.
D Accordingvtov2008vdata,vonlyv12%vofvnursesvworkingvfullvtimevholdvsecondv
positions.

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DIF:vCognitivevLevel:vKnowledgevREF:vMCS:v3

4. Whichvofvthevfollowingvbestvdescribesvtrendsvinvnursingveducation?

a. NumbersvofvRNsvwithvbachelorsvandvhighervdegreesvarevincreasing.
b. NumbersvofvRNsvwithvassociatevdegreesvarevdecreasing.
c. Foreign-
bornvnursesvpracticingvinvthevUnitedvStatesvarevseenvasvlessvknowled
geablevbecausevofvtheirvlesserveducationalvpreparation.
d. NumbersvofvRNsvwithvdiplomaveducationsvarevincreasing.


ANS:vA

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A Slightlyvoverv50%vofvRNsveventuallyvobtainvtheirvbachelorsvofvsciencevinvnursingv(
BSN)vorvavhighervnursingvdegree.
B Thevmajorityvofvnursesvinvthisvcountryvgetvtheirvinitialvnursingveducationvinva
ssociatevdegreevinvnursingv(ADN)vprograms.
C Foreign-
bornvnursesvpracticingvinvthevUnitedvStatesvmayvbevviewedvasvlessvknowledg
eablevbyvtheirvpeersvbecausevofvlanguagevandvculturalvdifferences.
D Thevnumbersvofvdiploma-educatedvnursesvarevdeclining.


DIF:vCognitivevLevel:vKnowledgevREF:vMCS:v4

5. DespitevthevvarietyvofvworkvsettingsvavailablevtovthevRN,vdatavfromv2008vindicatevthatvthevp
rimaryvworkvsitevforvRNsvis

a. ambulatoryvcarevsettings.
b. communityvhealthvsettings.
c. long-termvcarevfacilities.
d. acutevcarevhospitals.


ANS:vD

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