TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing, 10th Edition by Lucy Hood, Verified Chapters 1 - 22, Complete Newest Vers

TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing
10th Edition by Lucy Hood

Chapters 1 - 22 Complete

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1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of nursing as a female-
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dominated profession?
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a. More men 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. More male graduates of basic nursing programs entering the workplace
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d. Salary compensation increasing to attract more men
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A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs is not the be
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st answer because associate degree programs produce the most new graduates.
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B The percentage of men in nursing has increased 50% since 2000.
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C The more men who enter the workplace as nurses, the less nursing will be seen as a fe
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D Salary rates 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. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more accurately refl
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ect the population as a whole when
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a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in educational pr
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ograms graduate and begin to practice. pk pk pk pk pk




b. the number of Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
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c. the percentage of African-
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American and Hispanic nurses decreases more than the percentage of white nurses.
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, d. the nonwhite portion of the general population decreases.
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A A larger percentage of minorities are enrolled in nursing educational programs tha
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n previously.
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Pacific Islanders are over represented in nursing compared to their percentage o
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f the general population.
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C Not only would the percentage of African-
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American and Hispanic nurses need to increase, the percentage of white nurses wou
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ld have to decrease in order to more accurately reflect the population as a whole.
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D The nonwhite portion of the general population is not likely to decrease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 3
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3. Which of the following is a correct statement about the registered nurse (RN) population?
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a. The racial/ethnic composition of RNs closely resembles that of the general po
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pulation.
b. The number of men entering nursing has decreased steadily over the last decade.
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c. The rate of aging of RNs has slowed for the first time in the past 30 years.
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d. The majority of employed RNs working full time must work a second position.
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ANSWER: C pk




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A The racial/ethnic composition of RNs is increasing, but does not approximate the
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ir percentage of the overall population.
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B The number of men entering nursing is increasing.
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C The average age of RNs in both 2004 and 2008 was 46. This is a result of the num
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bers of RNs under 30 in the workforce.
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D According to 2008 data, only 12% of nurses working full time hold second pos
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itions.