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PROFESSIONAL NURSING: C c c
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cEDITION BY BETH PERRY B
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CONTENTS
Chapterc1.cNursingcincToday’scEvolvingcHealthcCarecEnvironment
Chapterc2.cThecHistorycandcSocialcContextcofcNursing
Chapterc3.cNursing’scPathwayctocProfessionalism
Chapterc4.cNursingcEducationcincancEvolvingcHealthcCarecEnvironment
Chapterc5.cBecomingcacProfessionalcNurse:cDefiningcNursingcandcSocializationcIntocPractice
Chapterc6.cNursingcascacRegulatedcPractice:cLegalcIssues
Chapterc7.cEthics:cBasiccConceptscforcProfessionalcNursingcPractice
Chapterc8.cConceptualcandcPhilosophicalcFoundationscofcProfessionalcNursingcPractice
Chapterc9.cNursingcTheory:cThecBasiscforcProfessionalcNursing
Chapterc10.cThecSciencecofcNursingcandcEvidence-BasedcPractice
Chapterc11.cDevelopingcNursingcJudgmentcthroughcCriticalcThinking
Chapterc12.cCommunicationcandcCollaborationcincProfessionalcNursing
Chapterc13.cNurses,cPatients,candcFamilies:cCaringcatcthecIntersectioncofcHealth,cIllness,cand
Culture
Chapterc14.cHealthcCarecincthecUnitedcStates
Chapterc15.cPoliticalcActivismcincNursing:cCommunities,cOrganizations,candcGovernment
Chapterc16.cNursing’scChallenge:cTocContinuectocEvolve
,ProfessionalcNursingc9thcEditioncBlackcTestcBank
Chapterc1:cNursingcincToday’scEvolvingcHealthcCarecEnvironment
Black:cProfessionalcNursing:cConceptsc&cChallenges,c9thcEditioncBycBlackcMULT
IPLEcCHOICE
1. Whichcofcthecfollowingccouldceventuallycchangecthechistoricalcstatuscofcnursingcascacfemale-
dominatedcprofession?
a. Morecmencgraduatingcfromcbaccalaureatecandchighercdegreecprograms
b. Thecproportioncofcmencincnursingcbeginningctocincrease
c. Morecmalecgraduatescofcbasiccnursingcprogramscenteringcthecworkplace
d. Salaryccompensationcincreasingctocattractcmorecmen
ANS:cC
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A Morecmencgraduatingcfromcbaccalaureatecandchighercdegreecprogramsciscnotcthecb
estcanswercbecausecassociatecdegreecprogramscproducecthecmostcnewcgraduates.
B Thecpercentagecofcmencincnursingchascincreasedc50%csincec2000.
C Thecmorecmencwhocentercthecworkplacecascnurses,ctheclesscnursingcwillcbecseencascacf
emale-dominatedcprofession.
D Salarycratescdocnotcappearctocrelatectocthecrecruitmentcofcmencintocnursing.
DIF:cCognitivecLevel:cComprehensioncREF:cMCS:c2
2. Thecracialcandcethnicccompositioncofcthecnursingcprofessioncwillcchangectocmorecaccuratelycre
flectcthecpopulationcascacwholecwhen
a. thecincreasedcnumberscofcracialcandcethniccminoritiescenrolledcinceducationalcp
rogramscgraduatecandcbeginctocpractice.
b. thecnumbercofcAsianscorcNativecHawaiian-PacificcIslanderscbeginsctocincrease.
c. thecpercentagecofcAfrican-
AmericancandcHispaniccnursescdecreasescmorecthancthecpercentagecofcwhitecnurses.
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d. thecnonwhitecportioncofcthecgeneralcpopulationcdecreases.
ANS:cA
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A Aclargercpercentagecofcminoritiescarecenrolledcincnursingceducationalcprogramsct
hancpreviously.
B AsianscandcNativecHawaiian-
PacificcIslanderscarecovercrepresentedcincnursingccomparedctoctheircpercentagec
ofcthecgeneralcpopulation.
C NotconlycwouldcthecpercentagecofcAfrican-
AmericancandcHispaniccnursescneedctocincrease,cthecpercentagecofcwhitecnursescwo
uldchavectocdecreasecincorderctocmorecaccuratelycreflectcthecpopulationcascacwhole.
D Thecnonwhitecportioncofcthecgeneralcpopulationciscnotclikelyctocdecrease.
DIF:cCognitivecLevel:cComprehensioncREF:cMCS:c3
3. Whichcofcthecfollowingciscaccorrectcstatementcaboutcthecregisteredcnursec(RN)cpopulation?
a. Thecracial/ethnicccompositioncofcRNsccloselycresemblescthatcofcthecgeneralcp
opulation.
b. Thecnumbercofcmencenteringcnursingchascdecreasedcsteadilycoverctheclastcdecade.
c. ThecratecofcagingcofcRNschascslowedcforcthecfirstctimecincthecpastc30cyears.
d. ThecmajoritycofcemployedcRNscworkingcfullctimecmustcworkcacsecondcposition.
ANS:cC
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A Thecracial/ethnicccompositioncofcRNsciscincreasing,cbutcdoescnotcapproximatect
heircpercentagecofcthecoverallcpopulation.
B Thecnumbercofcmencenteringcnursingciscincreasing.
C ThecaveragecagecofcRNscincbothc2004candc2008cwasc46.cThisciscacresultcofcthecnu
mberscofcRNscunderc30cincthecworkforce.
D Accordingctoc2008cdata,conlyc12%cofcnursescworkingcfullctimecholdcsecondcp
ositions.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING: C c c
ONCEPTS & CHALLENGES 9T
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H
cEDITION BY BETH PERRY B
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LACK
,Black:cProfessionalcNursing:cConceptsc&cChallenges,c9thcEditioncTESTcBANK
CONTENTS
Chapterc1.cNursingcincToday’scEvolvingcHealthcCarecEnvironment
Chapterc2.cThecHistorycandcSocialcContextcofcNursing
Chapterc3.cNursing’scPathwayctocProfessionalism
Chapterc4.cNursingcEducationcincancEvolvingcHealthcCarecEnvironment
Chapterc5.cBecomingcacProfessionalcNurse:cDefiningcNursingcandcSocializationcIntocPractice
Chapterc6.cNursingcascacRegulatedcPractice:cLegalcIssues
Chapterc7.cEthics:cBasiccConceptscforcProfessionalcNursingcPractice
Chapterc8.cConceptualcandcPhilosophicalcFoundationscofcProfessionalcNursingcPractice
Chapterc9.cNursingcTheory:cThecBasiscforcProfessionalcNursing
Chapterc10.cThecSciencecofcNursingcandcEvidence-BasedcPractice
Chapterc11.cDevelopingcNursingcJudgmentcthroughcCriticalcThinking
Chapterc12.cCommunicationcandcCollaborationcincProfessionalcNursing
Chapterc13.cNurses,cPatients,candcFamilies:cCaringcatcthecIntersectioncofcHealth,cIllness,cand
Culture
Chapterc14.cHealthcCarecincthecUnitedcStates
Chapterc15.cPoliticalcActivismcincNursing:cCommunities,cOrganizations,candcGovernment
Chapterc16.cNursing’scChallenge:cTocContinuectocEvolve
,ProfessionalcNursingc9thcEditioncBlackcTestcBank
Chapterc1:cNursingcincToday’scEvolvingcHealthcCarecEnvironment
Black:cProfessionalcNursing:cConceptsc&cChallenges,c9thcEditioncBycBlackcMULT
IPLEcCHOICE
1. Whichcofcthecfollowingccouldceventuallycchangecthechistoricalcstatuscofcnursingcascacfemale-
dominatedcprofession?
a. Morecmencgraduatingcfromcbaccalaureatecandchighercdegreecprograms
b. Thecproportioncofcmencincnursingcbeginningctocincrease
c. Morecmalecgraduatescofcbasiccnursingcprogramscenteringcthecworkplace
d. Salaryccompensationcincreasingctocattractcmorecmen
ANS:cC
Feedback
A Morecmencgraduatingcfromcbaccalaureatecandchighercdegreecprogramsciscnotcthecb
estcanswercbecausecassociatecdegreecprogramscproducecthecmostcnewcgraduates.
B Thecpercentagecofcmencincnursingchascincreasedc50%csincec2000.
C Thecmorecmencwhocentercthecworkplacecascnurses,ctheclesscnursingcwillcbecseencascacf
emale-dominatedcprofession.
D Salarycratescdocnotcappearctocrelatectocthecrecruitmentcofcmencintocnursing.
DIF:cCognitivecLevel:cComprehensioncREF:cMCS:c2
2. Thecracialcandcethnicccompositioncofcthecnursingcprofessioncwillcchangectocmorecaccuratelycre
flectcthecpopulationcascacwholecwhen
a. thecincreasedcnumberscofcracialcandcethniccminoritiescenrolledcinceducationalcp
rogramscgraduatecandcbeginctocpractice.
b. thecnumbercofcAsianscorcNativecHawaiian-PacificcIslanderscbeginsctocincrease.
c. thecpercentagecofcAfrican-
AmericancandcHispaniccnursescdecreasescmorecthancthecpercentagecofcwhitecnurses.
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d. thecnonwhitecportioncofcthecgeneralcpopulationcdecreases.
ANS:cA
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A Aclargercpercentagecofcminoritiescarecenrolledcincnursingceducationalcprogramsct
hancpreviously.
B AsianscandcNativecHawaiian-
PacificcIslanderscarecovercrepresentedcincnursingccomparedctoctheircpercentagec
ofcthecgeneralcpopulation.
C NotconlycwouldcthecpercentagecofcAfrican-
AmericancandcHispaniccnursescneedctocincrease,cthecpercentagecofcwhitecnursescwo
uldchavectocdecreasecincorderctocmorecaccuratelycreflectcthecpopulationcascacwhole.
D Thecnonwhitecportioncofcthecgeneralcpopulationciscnotclikelyctocdecrease.
DIF:cCognitivecLevel:cComprehensioncREF:cMCS:c3
3. Whichcofcthecfollowingciscaccorrectcstatementcaboutcthecregisteredcnursec(RN)cpopulation?
a. Thecracial/ethnicccompositioncofcRNsccloselycresemblescthatcofcthecgeneralcp
opulation.
b. Thecnumbercofcmencenteringcnursingchascdecreasedcsteadilycoverctheclastcdecade.
c. ThecratecofcagingcofcRNschascslowedcforcthecfirstctimecincthecpastc30cyears.
d. ThecmajoritycofcemployedcRNscworkingcfullctimecmustcworkcacsecondcposition.
ANS:cC
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A Thecracial/ethnicccompositioncofcRNsciscincreasing,cbutcdoescnotcapproximatect
heircpercentagecofcthecoverallcpopulation.
B Thecnumbercofcmencenteringcnursingciscincreasing.
C ThecaveragecagecofcRNscincbothc2004candc2008cwasc46.cThisciscacresultcofcthecnu
mberscofcRNscunderc30cincthecworkforce.
D Accordingctoc2008cdata,conlyc12%cofcnursescworkingcfullctimecholdcsecondcp
ositions.
