TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing
9th Edition by Lucy Hood
Chapters 1 - 22 Complete
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,Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of nursing as a
female- dominated profession?
a. More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs
b. The proportion of men in nursing beginning to increase
c. More male graduates of basic nursing programs entering the workplace
d. Salary compensation increasing to attract more men
ANSWER: C
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A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs is not
the best answer because associate degree programs produce the most new
graduates.
B The percentage of men in nursing has increased 50% since 2000.
C The more men who enter the workplace as nurses, the less nursing will be seen
as a female-dominated profession.
D Salary rates do not appear to relate to the recruitment of men into nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 2
2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more
accurately reflect the population as a whole when
a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in
educational programs graduate and begin to practice.
b. the number of Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
c. the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses decreases more than
the percentage of white nurses.
, d. the tnonwhite tportion tof tthe tgeneral tpopulation tdecreases.
ANSWER: tA
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A A tlarger tpercentage tof tminorities tare tenrolled tin tnursing teducational
tprograms tthan tpreviously.
B Asians tand tNative tHawaiian-Pacific tIslanders tare tover trepresented tin
tnursing tcompared tto ttheir tpercentage tof tthe tgeneral tpopulation.
C Not tonly twould tthe tpercentage tof tAfrican-American tand tHispanic tnurses
tneed tto tincrease, tthe tpercentage tof twhite tnurses twould thave tto tdecrease
tin torder tto tmore taccurately treflect tthe tpopulation tas ta twhole.
D The tnonwhite tportion tof tthe tgeneral tpopulation tis tnot tlikely tto tdecrease.
DIF: tCognitive tLevel: tComprehension tREF: tMCS: t3
3. Which tof tthe tfollowing tis ta tcorrect tstatement tabout tthe tregistered tnurse t(RN) tpopulation?
a. The tracial/ethnic tcomposition tof tRNs tclosely tresembles tthat tof tthe
tgeneral tpopulation.
b. The tnumber tof tmen tentering tnursing thas tdecreased tsteadily tover tthe tlast tdecade.
c. The trate tof taging tof tRNs thas tslowed tfor tthe tfirst ttime tin tthe tpast t30 tyears.
d. The tmajority tof temployed tRNs tworking tfull ttime tmust twork ta tsecond tposition.
ANSWER: tC
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A The tracial/ethnic tcomposition tof tRNs tis tincreasing, tbut tdoes tnot
tapproximate ttheir tpercentage tof tthe toverall tpopulation.
B The tnumber tof tmen tentering tnursing tis tincreasing.
C The taverage tage tof tRNs tin tboth t2004 tand t2008 twas t46. tThis tis ta tresult
tof tthe tnumbers tof tRNs tunder t30 tin tthe tworkforce.
D According tto t2008 tdata, tonly t12% tof tnurses tworking tfull ttime thold
tsecond tpositions.
9th Edition by Lucy Hood
Chapters 1 - 22 Complete
,
,Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of nursing as a
female- dominated profession?
a. More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs
b. The proportion of men in nursing beginning to increase
c. More male graduates of basic nursing programs entering the workplace
d. Salary compensation increasing to attract more men
ANSWER: C
Feedback
A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs is not
the best answer because associate degree programs produce the most new
graduates.
B The percentage of men in nursing has increased 50% since 2000.
C The more men who enter the workplace as nurses, the less nursing will be seen
as a female-dominated profession.
D Salary rates do not appear to relate to the recruitment of men into nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 2
2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more
accurately reflect the population as a whole when
a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in
educational programs graduate and begin to practice.
b. the number of Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
c. the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses decreases more than
the percentage of white nurses.
, d. the tnonwhite tportion tof tthe tgeneral tpopulation tdecreases.
ANSWER: tA
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A A tlarger tpercentage tof tminorities tare tenrolled tin tnursing teducational
tprograms tthan tpreviously.
B Asians tand tNative tHawaiian-Pacific tIslanders tare tover trepresented tin
tnursing tcompared tto ttheir tpercentage tof tthe tgeneral tpopulation.
C Not tonly twould tthe tpercentage tof tAfrican-American tand tHispanic tnurses
tneed tto tincrease, tthe tpercentage tof twhite tnurses twould thave tto tdecrease
tin torder tto tmore taccurately treflect tthe tpopulation tas ta twhole.
D The tnonwhite tportion tof tthe tgeneral tpopulation tis tnot tlikely tto tdecrease.
DIF: tCognitive tLevel: tComprehension tREF: tMCS: t3
3. Which tof tthe tfollowing tis ta tcorrect tstatement tabout tthe tregistered tnurse t(RN) tpopulation?
a. The tracial/ethnic tcomposition tof tRNs tclosely tresembles tthat tof tthe
tgeneral tpopulation.
b. The tnumber tof tmen tentering tnursing thas tdecreased tsteadily tover tthe tlast tdecade.
c. The trate tof taging tof tRNs thas tslowed tfor tthe tfirst ttime tin tthe tpast t30 tyears.
d. The tmajority tof temployed tRNs tworking tfull ttime tmust twork ta tsecond tposition.
ANSWER: tC
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A The tracial/ethnic tcomposition tof tRNs tis tincreasing, tbut tdoes tnot
tapproximate ttheir tpercentage tof tthe toverall tpopulation.
B The tnumber tof tmen tentering tnursing tis tincreasing.
C The taverage tage tof tRNs tin tboth t2004 tand t2008 twas t46. tThis tis ta tresult
tof tthe tnumbers tof tRNs tunder t30 tin tthe tworkforce.
D According tto t2008 tdata, tonly t12% tof tnurses tworking tfull ttime thold
tsecond tpositions.
