Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing 9th Edition by Lucy Hood – Complete Test Bank for Chapters 1–22 with Nursing Practice Questions and Answer Rationales

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1. Whichrrofrrtherrfollowingrrcouldrreventuallyrrchangerrtherrhistoricalrrstatusrrofrrnursingrrasrrarrfemale-
rr dominatedrrprofession?

a. Morerrmenrrgraduatingrrfromrrbaccalaureaterrandrrhigherrrdegreerrprograms
b. Therrproportionrrofrrmenrrinrrnursingrrbeginningrrtorrincrease
c. Morerrmalerrgraduatesrrofrrbasicrrnursingrrprogramsrrenteringrrtherrworkplace
d. Salaryrrcompensationrrincreasingrrtorrattractrrmorerrmen


ANSWER:rrC

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A Morerrmenrrgraduatingrrfromrrbaccalaureaterrandrrhigherrrdegreerrprogramsrrisrrnotrrth
errbestrranswerrrbecauserrassociaterrdegreerrprogramsrrproducerrtherrmostrrnewrrgraduate
s.
B Therrpercentagerrofrrmenrrinrrnursingrrhasrrincreasedrr50%rrsincerr2000.
C Therrmorerrmenrrwhorrenterrrtherrworkplacerrasrrnurses,rrtherrlessrrnursingrrwillrrberrseenrrasr
rarrfemale-dominatedrrprofession.



D Salaryrrratesrrdorrnotrrappearrrtorrrelaterrtorrtherrrecruitmentrrofrrmenrrintorrnursing.


DIF:rrCognitiverrLevel:rrComprehensionrrREF:rrMCS:rr2

2. Therrracialrrandrrethnicrrcompositionrrofrrtherrnursingrrprofessionrrwillrrchangerrtorrmorerraccuratelyr
r reflectrrtherrpopulationrrasrrarrwholerrwhen

a. therrincreasedrrnumbersrrofrrracialrrandrrethnicrrminoritiesrrenrolledrrinrreducationalr
rprogramsrrgraduaterrandrrbeginrrtorrpractice.



b. therrnumberrrofrrAsiansrrorrrNativerrHawaiian-PacificrrIslandersrrbeginsrrtorrincrease.
c. therrpercentagerrofrrAfrican-
AmericanrrandrrHispanicrrnursesrrdecreasesrrmorerrthanrrtherrpercentagerrofrrwhiterrnurs
es.

, d. therrnonwhiterrportionrrofrrtherrgeneralrrpopulationrrdecreases.


ANSWER:rrA

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A Arrlargerrrpercentagerrofrrminoritiesrrarerrenrolledrrinrrnursingrreducationalrrprogramsrr
thanrrpreviously.
B AsiansrrandrrNativerrHawaiian-
PacificrrIslandersrrarerroverrrrepresentedrrinrrnursingrrcomparedrrtorrtheirrrpercentag
errofrrtherrgeneralrrpopulation.
C NotrronlyrrwouldrrtherrpercentagerrofrrAfrican-
AmericanrrandrrHispanicrrnursesrrneedrrtorrincrease,rrtherrpercentagerrofrrwhiterrnursesrr
wouldrrhaverrtorrdecreaserrinrrorderrrtorrmorerraccuratelyrrreflectrrtherrpopulationrrasrrarrw
hole.
D Therrnonwhiterrportionrrofrrtherrgeneralrrpopulationrrisrrnotrrlikelyrrtorrdecrease.


DIF:rrCognitiverrLevel:rrComprehensionrrREF:rrMCS:rr3

3. Whichrrofrrtherrfollowingrrisrrarrcorrectrrstatementrraboutrrtherrregisteredrrnurserr(RN)rrpopulation?

a. Therrracial/ethnicrrcompositionrrofrrRNsrrcloselyrrresemblesrrthatrrofrrtherrgeneralr
rpopulation.



b. Therrnumberrrofrrmenrrenteringrrnursingrrhasrrdecreasedrrsteadilyrroverrrtherrlastrrdecade.
c. TherrraterrofrragingrrofrrRNsrrhasrrslowedrrforrrtherrfirstrrtimerrinrrtherrpastrr30rryears.
d. TherrmajorityrrofrremployedrrRNsrrworkingrrfullrrtimerrmustrrworkrrarrsecondrrposition.


ANSWER:rrC

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A Therrracial/ethnicrrcompositionrrofrrRNsrrisrrincreasing,rrbutrrdoesrrnotrrapproximaterr
theirrrpercentagerrofrrtherroverallrrpopulation.
B Therrnumberrrofrrmenrrenteringrrnursingrrisrrincreasing.
C TherraveragerragerrofrrRNsrrinrrbothrr2004rrandrr2008rrwasrr46.rrThisrrisrrarrresultrrofrrthe
rrnumbersrrofrrRNsrrunderrr30rrinrrtherrworkforce.



D Accordingrrtorr2008rrdata,rronlyrr12%rrofrrnursesrrworkingrrfullrrtimerrholdrrsecondr
rpositions.