Chapter 1: The Professional Nurse .............................................................. 2
Chapter 2: The History Behind the Development of Professional Nursing ..... 10
Chapter 3: Contextual, Philosophical, and Ethical Elements of Professional Nursing ... 25
Chapter 4: Nursing Education...
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9th Edition by Lucy Hood
Chapters 1 - 22 Complete
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,Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
1. Which rof rthe rfollowing rcould reventually rchange rthe rhistorical rstatus rof rnursing ras ra
rfemale- rdominated rprofession?
a. More rmen rgraduating rfrom rbaccalaureate rand rhigher rdegree rprograms
b. The rproportion rof rmen rin rnursing rbeginning rto rincrease
c. More rmale rgraduates rof rbasic rnursing rprograms rentering rthe rworkplace
d. Salary rcompensation rincreasing rto rattract rmore rmen
3. Which rof rthe rfollowing ris ra rcorrect rstatement rabout rthe rregistered rnurse r(RN) rpopulation?
a. The rracial/ethnic rcomposition rof rRNs rclosely rresembles rthat rof rthe
rgeneral rpopulation.
b. The rnumber rof rmen rentering rnursing rhas rdecreased rsteadily rover rthe rlast rdecade.
c. The rrate rof raging rof rRNs rhas rslowed rfor rthe rfirst rtime rin rthe rpast r30 ryears.
d. The rmajority rof remployed rRNs rworking rfull rtime rmust rwork ra rsecond rposition.
ANSWER: rC
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A The rracial/ethnic rcomposition rof rRNs ris rincreasing, rbut rdoes rnot
rapproximate rtheir rpercentage rof rthe roverall rpopulation.
B The rnumber rof rmen rentering rnursing ris rincreasing.
C The raverage rage rof rRNs rin rboth r2004 rand r2008 rwas r46. rThis ris ra rresult
rof rthe rnumbers rof rRNs runder r30 rin rthe rworkforce.
D According rto r2008 rdata, ronly r12% rof rnurses rworking rfull rtime rhold
rsecond rpositions.
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