TEST BANK FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING CONCEPTS AND
CHALLANGES 9th EDITION
, Professional hNursing: hConcepts h& hChallenges, h9th hEdition hTest hBank
Chapter h1.Nursing hin hToday’s hEvolving hHealth hCare hEnvironment
MULTIPLE hCHOICE
1. Which hof hthe hfollowing hcould heventually hchange hthe hhistorical hstatus hof hnursing has
ha hfemale- hdominated hprofession?
a. More hmen hgraduating hfrom hbaccalaureate hand hhigher hdegree hprograms
b. The hproportion hof hmen hin hnursing hbeginning hto hincrease
c. More hmale hgraduates hof hbasic hnursing hprograms hentering hthe hworkplace
d. Salary hcompensation hincreasing hto hattract hmore hmen
ANS: hC
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A More hmen hgraduating hfrom hbaccalaureate hand hhigher hdegree hprograms his
hnot hthe hbest hanswer hbecause hassociate hdegree hprograms hproduce hthe hmost
hnew hgraduates.
B The hpercentage hof hmen hin hnursing hhas hincreased h50% hsince h2000.
C The hmore hmen hwho henter hthe hworkplace has hnurses, hthe hless hnursing hwill
hbe hseen has ha hfemale-dominated hprofession.
2. The hracial hand hethnic hcomposition hof hthe hnursing hprofession hwill hchange hto hmore
haccurately hreflect hthe hpopulation has ha hwhole hwhen
a. the hincreased hnumbers hof hracial hand hethnic hminorities henrolled hin
heducational hprograms hgraduate hand hbegin hto hpractice.
b. the hnumber hof hAsians hor hNative hHawaiian-Pacific hIslanders hbegins hto hincrease.
c. the hpercentage hof hAfrican-American hand hHispanic hnurses hdecreases hmore
hthan hthe hpercentage hof hwhite hnurses.
,d. the hnonwhite hportion hof hthe hgeneral hpopulation hdecreases.
ANS: hA
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A A hlarger hpercentage hof hminorities hare henrolled hin hnursing heducational
hprograms hthan hpreviously.
B Asians hand hNative hHawaiian-Pacific hIslanders hare hover hrepresented hin
hnursing hcompared hto htheir hpercentage hof hthe hgeneral hpopulation.
C Not honly hwould hthe hpercentage hof hAfrican-American hand hHispanic hnurses
hneed hto hincrease, hthe hpercentage hof hwhite hnurses hwould hhave hto hdecrease
hin horder hto hmore haccurately hreflect hthe hpopulation has ha hwhole.
D The hnonwhite hportion hof hthe hgeneral hpopulation his hnot hlikely hto hdecrease.
3. Which hof hthe hfollowing his ha hcorrect hstatement habout hthe hregistered hnurse h(RN) hpopulation?
a. The hracial/ethnic hcomposition hof hRNs hclosely hresembles hthat hof hthe
hgeneral hpopulation.
b. The hnumber hof hmen hentering hnursing hhas hdecreased hsteadily hover hthe hlast hdecade.
c. The hrate hof haging hof hRNs hhas hslowed hfor hthe hfirst htime hin hthe hpast h30 hyears.
d. The hmajority hof hemployed hRNs hworking hfull htime hmust hwork ha hsecond hposition.
ANS: hC
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A The hracial/ethnic hcomposition hof hRNs his hincreasing, hbut hdoes hnot
happroximate htheir hpercentage hof hthe hoverall hpopulation.
B The hnumber hof hmen hentering hnursing his hincreasing.
C The haverage hage hof hRNs hin hboth h2004 hand h2008 hwas h46. hThis his ha
hresult hof hthe hnumbers hof hRNs hunder h30 hin hthe hworkforce.
D According hto h2008 hdata, honly h12% hof hnurses hworking hfull htime hhold
hsecond hpositions.
4. Which hof hthe hfollowing hbest hdescribes htrends hin hnursing heducation?
a. Numbers hof hRNs hwith hbachelors hand hhigher hdegrees hare hincreasing.
b. Numbers hof hRNs hwith hassociate hdegrees hare hdecreasing.
c. Foreign-born hnurses hpracticing hin hthe hUnited hStates hare hseen
has hless hknowledgeable hbecause hof htheir hlesser heducational
hpreparation.
d. Numbers hof hRNs hwith hdiploma heducations hare hincreasing.
ANS: hA
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A Slightly hover h50% hof hRNs heventually hobtain htheir hbachelors hof hscience hin
hnursing h(BSN) hor ha hhigher hnursing hdegree.
B The hmajority hof hnurses hin hthis hcountry hget htheir hinitial hnursing
heducation hin hassociate hdegree hin hnursing h(ADN) hprograms.
C Foreign-born hnurses hpracticing hin hthe hUnited hStates hmay hbe hviewed
has hless hknowledgeable hby htheir hpeers hbecause hof hlanguage hand
hcultural hdifferences.
D The hnumbers hof hdiploma-educated hnurses hare hdeclining.
a. ambulatory hcare hsettings.
b. community hhealth hsettings.
c. long-term hcare hfacilities.
d. acute hcare hhospitals.
ANS: hD
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