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PROFESSIONAL NURSING: CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES, 10TH EDITION
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Table of Contents
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Chaptern1. n NursingninnToday’snEvolvingnHealthnCarenEnvironment
Chaptern2. nThenHistorynandnSocialnContextnofnNursing
Chaptern3. n Nursing’snPathwayntonProfessionalism
Chaptern4. n NursingnEducationninnannEvolvingnHealthnCaren Environment
Chaptern5. nBecomingn anProfessionalnNurse:nDefiningnNursingn andn Socializationn inton Practice
Chaptern6. n NursingnasnanRegulatedn Practice:n Legaln Issues
Chaptern7. n Ethics:n BasicnConceptsnfornProfessionalnNursingn Practice
Chaptern8. n ConceptualnandnPhilosophicalnFoundationsnofnProfessionaln Nursingn Practice
Chaptern9. n NursingnTheory:nThen Basisn fornProfessionaln Nursing
Chaptern10. n Then SciencenofnNursingnandnEvidence-Basedn Practice
Chaptern11. n DevelopingnNursingnJudgmentnThroughnCriticalnThinking
Chaptern12. n CommunicationnandnCollaborationn innProfessionaln Nursing
Chaptern13. n Nurses, nPatients, nandn Families:n CaringnatnthenIntersectionn ofn Health,Illness,n andn Culture
Chaptern14. nHealthnCareninnthenUnitednStates
Chaptern15. nPoliticalnActivismninnNursing:nCommunities, n Organizations,nGovernment
Chaptern16. n NursingnChallenge:nTonContinuenton Evolve
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Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 10th Ed
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Chapter 1.Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
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MULTIPLEnCHOICE
1. Whichnof nthenfollowingncould neventuallynchangenthenhistoricalnstatusnof nnursingnasnanfemale-
n dominated n profession?
a. Morenmenn graduatingn fromn baccalaureaten and n highern degreen programs
b. Then proportionn of n menn inn nursingn beginningn ton increase
c. Morenmalen graduatesn of n basicn nursingn programsn enteringn then workplace
d. Salaryncompensationn increasingnton attract n morenmen
ANSWER:n C
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A Morenmenngraduatingnfromnbaccalaureaten and nhigherndegreenprogramsnisnnot nthenbestna
nswern becausen associaten degreen programsn producen then most n new n graduates.
B Thenpercentagen of n menn inn nursingn hasn increased n 50%n sincen 2000.
C Thenmorenmennwhon entern thenworkplacenasn nurses,n thenlessnnursingnwilln benseennasnan f
emale-dominated n profession.
D Salarynratesn don not n appearn ton relatenton then recruitment n of n menn inton nursing.
DIFFERENCE:n COGNITIVEn LEVEL:n Comprehensionn REFERENCE:n MCS:n 2
2. Thenracialn and nethnicncompositionnof nthennursingnprofessionnwilln changenton morenaccuratelyn r
eflect n then populationn asn an wholen when
a. Thenincreased nnumbersnof nracialnand nethnicnminoritiesnenrolled ninneducationalnprogramsn
graduaten and n beginn ton practice.
b. Thennumbernof nAsiansn orn NativenHawaiian-Pacificn Islandersn beginsn ton increase.
c. Thenpercentagenof nAfrican-
Americannand nHispanicnnursesndecreasesnmorenthannthen percentagen ofnwhitennurses.
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d. Thennonwhitenportionn of n then generaln populationn decreases.
ANSWER:nA
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A An largernpercentagen of nminoritiesn aren enrolled n inn nursingn educationaln programsn thann
previously.
B Asiansnand nNativenHawaiian-
PacificnIslandersnarenovernrepresented ninnnursingn compared n tontheirn percentagen
of n then generaln population.
CnNot n onlyn would nthen percentagen ofn African-
Americann and nHispanicn nursesn need nton increase,n then percentagen of nwhiten nursesnwo
uld n haven ton decreasen inn ordern ton moren accuratelyn reflect n then populationn asn an whole.
DnThen nonwhiten portionn of n then generaln populationn isn not n likelyn ton decrease.
DIFFERENCE:n COGNITIVEn LEVEL:n Comprehensionn REFERENCE:n MCS:n 3
3. Whichnof nthen followingn isn an correct n statement n about n then registered n nursen (RN)n population?
a. Thenracial/ethnicn compositionn of nRNsn closelynresemblesn that n of nthen generaln population.
b. Thennumbern of n menn enteringn nursingn hasn decreased n steadilyn overn then last n decade.
c. Thenraten of n agingn of n RNsn hasn slowed n forn then first n timen inn then past n 30n years.
d. Thenmajoritynof n employed n RNsn workingn fulln timen must n workn ansecond n position.
ANSWER:n C
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A Thenracial/ethnicncompositionnof nRNsnisnincreasing,nbut ndoesnnot napproximatentheirn
percentagen of n then overalln population.
B Then numbern of n menn enteringn nursingn isn increasing.
C Thenaveragenagenof nRNsninnbothn 2004nandn2008nwasn46.nThisn isnanresult nof nthen n
umbersn of n RNsn undern 30n inn then workforce.
D Accordingnton2008ndata,n onlyn12%nof nnursesnworkingnfullntimenhold nsecond n
positions.
DIF:nCOGNITIVEn LEVEL:n KnowledgenREFERENCE:n MCS:n 3
4. Whichnof nthen followingn best n describesn trendsn inn nursingn education?
a. Numbersnof nRNsn withn bachelorsn and n highern degreesn arenincreasing.
b. Numbersnof n RNsn withn associaten degreesn aren decreasing.
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PROFESSIONAL NURSING: CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES, 10TH EDITION
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Table of Contents
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Chaptern1. n NursingninnToday’snEvolvingnHealthnCarenEnvironment
Chaptern2. nThenHistorynandnSocialnContextnofnNursing
Chaptern3. n Nursing’snPathwayntonProfessionalism
Chaptern4. n NursingnEducationninnannEvolvingnHealthnCaren Environment
Chaptern5. nBecomingn anProfessionalnNurse:nDefiningnNursingn andn Socializationn inton Practice
Chaptern6. n NursingnasnanRegulatedn Practice:n Legaln Issues
Chaptern7. n Ethics:n BasicnConceptsnfornProfessionalnNursingn Practice
Chaptern8. n ConceptualnandnPhilosophicalnFoundationsnofnProfessionaln Nursingn Practice
Chaptern9. n NursingnTheory:nThen Basisn fornProfessionaln Nursing
Chaptern10. n Then SciencenofnNursingnandnEvidence-Basedn Practice
Chaptern11. n DevelopingnNursingnJudgmentnThroughnCriticalnThinking
Chaptern12. n CommunicationnandnCollaborationn innProfessionaln Nursing
Chaptern13. n Nurses, nPatients, nandn Families:n CaringnatnthenIntersectionn ofn Health,Illness,n andn Culture
Chaptern14. nHealthnCareninnthenUnitednStates
Chaptern15. nPoliticalnActivismninnNursing:nCommunities, n Organizations,nGovernment
Chaptern16. n NursingnChallenge:nTonContinuenton Evolve
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Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 10th Ed
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Chapter 1.Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
n n n n n n n
MULTIPLEnCHOICE
1. Whichnof nthenfollowingncould neventuallynchangenthenhistoricalnstatusnof nnursingnasnanfemale-
n dominated n profession?
a. Morenmenn graduatingn fromn baccalaureaten and n highern degreen programs
b. Then proportionn of n menn inn nursingn beginningn ton increase
c. Morenmalen graduatesn of n basicn nursingn programsn enteringn then workplace
d. Salaryncompensationn increasingnton attract n morenmen
ANSWER:n C
Feedback
A Morenmenngraduatingnfromnbaccalaureaten and nhigherndegreenprogramsnisnnot nthenbestna
nswern becausen associaten degreen programsn producen then most n new n graduates.
B Thenpercentagen of n menn inn nursingn hasn increased n 50%n sincen 2000.
C Thenmorenmennwhon entern thenworkplacenasn nurses,n thenlessnnursingnwilln benseennasnan f
emale-dominated n profession.
D Salarynratesn don not n appearn ton relatenton then recruitment n of n menn inton nursing.
DIFFERENCE:n COGNITIVEn LEVEL:n Comprehensionn REFERENCE:n MCS:n 2
2. Thenracialn and nethnicncompositionnof nthennursingnprofessionnwilln changenton morenaccuratelyn r
eflect n then populationn asn an wholen when
a. Thenincreased nnumbersnof nracialnand nethnicnminoritiesnenrolled ninneducationalnprogramsn
graduaten and n beginn ton practice.
b. Thennumbernof nAsiansn orn NativenHawaiian-Pacificn Islandersn beginsn ton increase.
c. Thenpercentagenof nAfrican-
Americannand nHispanicnnursesndecreasesnmorenthannthen percentagen ofnwhitennurses.
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d. Thennonwhitenportionn of n then generaln populationn decreases.
ANSWER:nA
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A An largernpercentagen of nminoritiesn aren enrolled n inn nursingn educationaln programsn thann
previously.
B Asiansnand nNativenHawaiian-
PacificnIslandersnarenovernrepresented ninnnursingn compared n tontheirn percentagen
of n then generaln population.
CnNot n onlyn would nthen percentagen ofn African-
Americann and nHispanicn nursesn need nton increase,n then percentagen of nwhiten nursesnwo
uld n haven ton decreasen inn ordern ton moren accuratelyn reflect n then populationn asn an whole.
DnThen nonwhiten portionn of n then generaln populationn isn not n likelyn ton decrease.
DIFFERENCE:n COGNITIVEn LEVEL:n Comprehensionn REFERENCE:n MCS:n 3
3. Whichnof nthen followingn isn an correct n statement n about n then registered n nursen (RN)n population?
a. Thenracial/ethnicn compositionn of nRNsn closelynresemblesn that n of nthen generaln population.
b. Thennumbern of n menn enteringn nursingn hasn decreased n steadilyn overn then last n decade.
c. Thenraten of n agingn of n RNsn hasn slowed n forn then first n timen inn then past n 30n years.
d. Thenmajoritynof n employed n RNsn workingn fulln timen must n workn ansecond n position.
ANSWER:n C
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A Thenracial/ethnicncompositionnof nRNsnisnincreasing,nbut ndoesnnot napproximatentheirn
percentagen of n then overalln population.
B Then numbern of n menn enteringn nursingn isn increasing.
C Thenaveragenagenof nRNsninnbothn 2004nandn2008nwasn46.nThisn isnanresult nof nthen n
umbersn of n RNsn undern 30n inn then workforce.
D Accordingnton2008ndata,n onlyn12%nof nnursesnworkingnfullntimenhold nsecond n
positions.
DIF:nCOGNITIVEn LEVEL:n KnowledgenREFERENCE:n MCS:n 3
4. Whichnof nthen followingn best n describesn trendsn inn nursingn education?
a. Numbersnof nRNsn withn bachelorsn and n highern degreesn arenincreasing.
b. Numbersnof n RNsn withn associaten degreesn aren decreasing.
