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By Lucy Hood - All Chapters ( 1-22) Updated Version 2024 A++
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
Chapter 2 The History Behind Today’s Professional Nursing
Chapter 3 Contextual, Philosophical, and Ethical Elements of Professional Nursing
Chapter 4 Establishing Helping and Healing Relationships
Chapter 5 The Health Process and Self-Care of the Nurse
Chapter 6 Patterns of Knowing and Nursing Science
Chapter 7 Nursing Models and Theories
Chapter 8 Professional Nursing Processes
Chapter 9 Health Care Delivery Systems
Chapter 10 Professional Practice Based on Nursing Research and Best Evidence
Chapter 11 Multicultural Issues in Professional Practice
Chapter 12 Professional Nurse Accountability
Chapter 13 Environmental and Global Health
Chapter 14 Informatics and Technology in Nursing Practice
Chapter 15 Nursing Approaches to Client Systems
Chapter 16 The Professional Nurse’s Role in Teaching and Learning
Chapter 17 Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing
Chapter 18 Quality Improvement: Enhancing Patient Safety and Health Care Quality
Chapter 19 The Professional Nurse’s Role in Public Policy
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Chapter 20 Career Options for Professional Nurses
Chapter 21 Development of a Professional Nursing Career
Chapter 22 Shaping the Future of Nursing
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Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
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
ANSWER: C
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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 more men who enter the workplace as nurses, the less nursing will be seen as a
female-dominated profession.
D : Salary rates do not appear to relate to the recruitment of men into nursing.
DIF: Cognitive
Level: Comprehension
REF: MCS: 2
2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more accurately
reflect the population as a whole when
a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in educational programs
graduate and begin to practice.
b. the number of Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
c. the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses decreases more than the percentage
of white nurses.
d. the nonwhite portion of the general population decreases.
ANSWER: A
Feedback
A: A larger percentage of minorities are enrolled in nursing educational programs than
previously.
B : Asians and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders are over represented in nursing compared to
their percentage of the general population.
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C : Not only would the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses need to increase,
the percentage of white nurses would have to decrease in order to more accurately reflect the
population as a whole.
D : The nonwhite portion of the general population is not likely to decrease.
DIF: Cognitive
Level: Comprehension
REF: MCS: 3
3. Which of the following is a correct statement about the registered nurse (RN) population?
a. The racial/ethnic composition of RNs closely resembles that of the general population.
b. The number of men entering nursing has decreased steadily over the last decade.
c. The rate of aging of RNs has slowed for the first time in the past 30 years.
d. The majority of employed RNs working full time must work a second position.
ANSWER: C
Feedback
A : The racial/ethnic composition of RNs increasing, but does not approximate their percentage
of the overall population.
B : The number of men entering nursing is increasing.
C: The average age of RNs in both 2004 and 2008 was 46. This is a result of the numbers of RNs
under 30 in the workforce.
D : According to 2008 data, only 12% of nurses working full time hold second positions.
DIF : Cognitive
Level: Knowledge
REF: MCS: 3
4. Which of the following best describes trends in nursing education?
a. Numbers of RNs with bachelors and higher degrees are increasing.
b. Numbers of RNs with associate degrees are decreasing.
c. Foreign-born nurses practicing in the United States are seen as less knowledgeable because of
their lesser educational preparation.
d. Numbers of RNs with diploma educations are increasing.
ANSWER: A
Feedback
A : Slightly over 50% of RNs eventually obtain their bachelors of science in nursing (BSN) or a
higher nursing degree.
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TEST BANK FOR Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing, 10th Edition
By Lucy Hood - All Chapters ( 1-22) Updated Version 2024 A++
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
Chapter 2 The History Behind Today’s Professional Nursing
Chapter 3 Contextual, Philosophical, and Ethical Elements of Professional Nursing
Chapter 4 Establishing Helping and Healing Relationships
Chapter 5 The Health Process and Self-Care of the Nurse
Chapter 6 Patterns of Knowing and Nursing Science
Chapter 7 Nursing Models and Theories
Chapter 8 Professional Nursing Processes
Chapter 9 Health Care Delivery Systems
Chapter 10 Professional Practice Based on Nursing Research and Best Evidence
Chapter 11 Multicultural Issues in Professional Practice
Chapter 12 Professional Nurse Accountability
Chapter 13 Environmental and Global Health
Chapter 14 Informatics and Technology in Nursing Practice
Chapter 15 Nursing Approaches to Client Systems
Chapter 16 The Professional Nurse’s Role in Teaching and Learning
Chapter 17 Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing
Chapter 18 Quality Improvement: Enhancing Patient Safety and Health Care Quality
Chapter 19 The Professional Nurse’s Role in Public Policy
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Chapter 20 Career Options for Professional Nurses
Chapter 21 Development of a Professional Nursing Career
Chapter 22 Shaping the Future of Nursing
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Chapter 1 The Professional Nurse
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
ANSWER: 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 more men who enter the workplace as nurses, the less nursing will be seen as a
female-dominated profession.
D : Salary rates do not appear to relate to the recruitment of men into nursing.
DIF: Cognitive
Level: Comprehension
REF: MCS: 2
2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more accurately
reflect the population as a whole when
a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in educational programs
graduate and begin to practice.
b. the number of Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
c. the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses decreases more than the percentage
of white nurses.
d. the nonwhite portion of the general population decreases.
ANSWER: A
Feedback
A: A larger percentage of minorities are enrolled in nursing educational programs than
previously.
B : Asians and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders are over represented in nursing compared to
their percentage of the general population.
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C : Not only would the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses need to increase,
the percentage of white nurses would have to decrease in order to more accurately reflect the
population as a whole.
D : The nonwhite portion of the general population is not likely to decrease.
DIF: Cognitive
Level: Comprehension
REF: MCS: 3
3. Which of the following is a correct statement about the registered nurse (RN) population?
a. The racial/ethnic composition of RNs closely resembles that of the general population.
b. The number of men entering nursing has decreased steadily over the last decade.
c. The rate of aging of RNs has slowed for the first time in the past 30 years.
d. The majority of employed RNs working full time must work a second position.
ANSWER: C
Feedback
A : The racial/ethnic composition of RNs increasing, but does not approximate their percentage
of the overall population.
B : The number of men entering nursing is increasing.
C: The average age of RNs in both 2004 and 2008 was 46. This is a result of the numbers of RNs
under 30 in the workforce.
D : According to 2008 data, only 12% of nurses working full time hold second positions.
DIF : Cognitive
Level: Knowledge
REF: MCS: 3
4. Which of the following best describes trends in nursing education?
a. Numbers of RNs with bachelors and higher degrees are increasing.
b. Numbers of RNs with associate degrees are decreasing.
c. Foreign-born nurses practicing in the United States are seen as less knowledgeable because of
their lesser educational preparation.
d. Numbers of RNs with diploma educations are increasing.
ANSWER: A
Feedback
A : Slightly over 50% of RNs eventually obtain their bachelors of science in nursing (BSN) or a
higher nursing degree.
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