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,TEST BANK FOR
Professional Nursing: Concepts &
Challenges, 10th EDITION
Beth Black PhD, RN, FAAN (Author)


Chapter 1.Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care
Environment
Chapter 2.The History and Social Context of Nursing
Chapter 3.Nursing’s Pathway to Professionalism
Chapter 4.Nursing Education in an Evolving Health Care
Environment
Chapter 5.Becoming a Professional Nurse: Defining Nursing
and Socialization into Practice
Chapter 6.Nursing as a Regulated Practice: Legal Issues
Chapter 7.Ethics: Basic Concepts for Professional Nursing
Practice
Chapter 8.Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations of
Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 9.Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
Chapter 10.The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based
Practice
Chapter 11.Developing Nursing Judgment Through Critical Thinking
Chapter 12.Communication and Collaboration in Professional Nursing
Chapter 13.Nurses, Patients, and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and
Culture
Chapter 14.Health Care in the United States
Chapter 15.Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations, Government
Chapter 16.Nursing Challenge: To Continue to Evolve

Chapter 1.Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment

MULTIPLE CHOICE
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
ANS: 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 %fgmore %fgmen %fgwho %fgenter %fgthe %fgworkplace %fgas %fgnurses, %fgthe %fgless %fgnursing
%fgwill %fgbe %fgseen %fgas %fga %fgfemale-dominated %fgprofession.


D Salary %fgrates %fgdo %fgnot %fgappear %fgto %fgrelate %fgto %fgthe %fgrecruitment
%fgof %fgmen %fginto %fgnursing.DIF: %fgCognitive %fgLevel: %fgComprehension

%fgREF: %fgMCS: %fg2




2. The %fgracial %fgand %fgethnic %fgcomposition %fgof %fgthe %fgnursing %fgprofession %fgwill
%fgchange %fgto %fgmore %fgaccurately %fgreflect %fgthe %fgpopulation %fgas %fga %fgwhole

%fgwhen

a. the %fgincreased %fgnumbers %fgof %fgracial %fgand %fgethnic %fgminorities %fgenrolled %fgin
%fgeducational %fgprograms %fggraduate %fgand %fgbegin %fgto %fgpractice.

b. the %fgnumber %fgof %fgAsians %fgor %fgNative %fgHawaiian-Pacific %fgIslanders %fgbegins %fgto %fgincrease.
c. the %fgpercentage %fgof %fgAfrican-American %fgand %fgHispanic %fgnurses %fgdecreases
%fgmore %fgthan %fgthe %fgpercentage %fgof %fgwhite %fgnurses.

d. the %fgnonwhite %fgportion %fgof %fgthe %fggeneral %fgpopulation %fgdecreases.
ANS: %fgA
Feedback
A A %fglarger %fgpercentage %fgof %fgminorities %fgare %fgenrolled %fgin %fgnursing %fgeducational
%fgprograms %fgthan %fgpreviously.

B Asians %fgand %fgNative %fgHawaiian-Pacific %fgIslanders %fgare %fgover %fgrepresented %fgin %fgnursing
%fgcompared %fgto %fgtheir %fgpercentage %fgof %fgthe %fggeneral %fgpopulation.

C Not %fgonly %fgwould %fgthe %fgpercentage %fgof %fgAfrican-American %fgand %fgHispanic
%fgnurses %fgneed %fgto %fgincrease, %fgthe %fgpercentage %fgof %fgwhite %fgnurses %fgwould

%fghave %fgto %fgdecrease %fgin %fgorder %fgto %fgmore %fgaccurately %fgreflect %fgthe

%fgpopulation %fgas %fga %fgwhole.

D The %fgnonwhite %fgportion %fgof %fgthe %fggeneral %fgpopulation %fgis %fgnot %fglikely
%fgto %fgdecrease.DIF: %fgCognitive %fgLevel: %fgComprehension %fgREF: %fgMCS: %fg3




3. Which %fgof %fgthe %fgfollowing %fgis %fga %fgcorrect %fgstatement %fgabout %fgthe %fgregistered %fgnurse %fg(RN)
%fgpopulation?

a. The %fgracial/ethnic %fgcomposition %fgof %fgRNs %fgclosely %fgresembles %fgthat %fgof %fgthe %fggeneral %fgpopulation.
b. The %fgnumber %fgof %fgmen %fgentering %fgnursing %fghas %fgdecreased %fgsteadily %fgover %fgthe %fglast %fgdecade.
c. The %fgrate %fgof %fgaging %fgof %fgRNs %fghas %fgslowed %fgfor %fgthe %fgfirst %fgtime %fgin %fgthe %fgpast %fg30 %fgyears.
d. The %fgmajority %fgof %fgemployed %fgRNs %fgworking %fgfull %fgtime %fgmust %fgwork %fga %fgsecond %fgposition.
ANS: %fgC

Feedback
A The %fgracial/ethnic %fgcomposition %fgof %fgRNs %fgis %fgincreasing, %fgbut %fgdoes %fgnot
%fgapproximate %fgtheir %fgpercentage %fgof %fgthe %fgoverall %fgpopulation.

B The %fgnumber %fgof %fgmen %fgentering %fgnursing %fgis %fgincreasing.
C The %fgaverage %fgage %fgof %fgRNs %fgin %fgboth %fg2004 %fgand %fg2008 %fgwas %fg46. %fgThis %fgis %fga
%fgresult %fgof %fgthe %fgnumbers %fgof %fgRNs %fgunder %fg30 %fgin %fgthe %fgworkforce.

D According %fgto %fg2008 %fgdata, %fgonly %fg12% %fgof %fgnurses %fgworking %fgfull %fgtime %fghold
%fgsecond %fgpositions. %fgDIF: %fgCognitive %fgLevel: %fgKnowledge %fgREF: %fgMCS: %fg3




4. Which %fgof %fgthe %fgfollowing %fgbest %fgdescribes %fgtrends %fgin %fgnursing %fgeducation?
a. Numbers %fgof %fgRNs %fgwith %fgbachelors %fgand %fghigher %fgdegrees %fgare %fgincreasing.
b. Numbers %fgof %fgRNs %fgwith %fgassociate %fgdegrees %fgare %fgdecreasing.
c. Foreign-born %fgnurses %fgpracticing %fgin %fgthe %fgUnited %fgStates %fgare %fgseen %fgas %fgless
%fgknowledgeable %fgbecause %fgof %fgtheir %fglesser %fgeducational %fgpreparation.

, d. Numbers %fgof %fgRNs %fgwith %fgdiploma %fgeducations %fgare %fgincreasing.
ANS: %fgA