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PROFESSIONAL NURSING: CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES 10TH EDITION
BY BETH BLACK PHD RN FAAN || LATEST EDITION WITH ALL VERIFIED ANSWERS
TO ALL CHAPTERS (01 – 16). GRADE A+ TO CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES 10TH
EDITION
10TH EDITION
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1.NURSING IN TODAY’S EVOLVING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT .......................................... 3
CHAPTER 2.THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF NURSING .............................................................. 15
CHAPTER 3.NURSING’S PATHWAY TO PROFESSIONALISM ..................................................................... 37
CHAPTER 4.NURSING EDUCATION IN AN EVOLVING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT ............................. 47
CHAPTER 5.BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL NURSE: DEFINING NURSING AND SOCIALIZATION INTO
PRACTICE ................................................................................................................................................. 64
CHAPTER 6.NURSING AS A REGULATED PRACTICE: LEGAL ISSUES ......................................................... 81
CHAPTER 7.ETHICS: BASIC CONCEPTS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE ................................. 102
CHAPTER 8.CONCEPTUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
.............................................................................................................................................................. 117
CHAPTER 9.NURSING THEORY: THE BASIS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING ........................................... 134
CHAPTER 10.THE SCIENCE OF NURSING AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE ......................................... 158
CHAPTER 11.DEVELOPING NURSING JUDGMENT THROUGH CRITICAL THINKING ............................... 173
CHAPTER 12. COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING ....................... 195
CHAPTER 13. NURSES, PATIENTS, AND FAMILIES: CARING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH, ILLNESS,
ANDCULTURE ........................................................................................................................................ 224
CHAPTER 14. HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES ............................................................................ 245
CHAPTER 15. POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN NURSING: COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT . 270
CHAPTER 16. NURSING CHALLENGE: TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE ......................................................... 278
,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
CORRECT 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 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.
CORRECT ANS>>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.
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.
CORRECT ANS>>C
FEEDBACK
A THE RACIAL/ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF RNS IS INCREASING, BUT DOES NOT APPROXIMATE THEIR
PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL POPULATION.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING: CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES 10TH EDITION
BY BETH BLACK PHD RN FAAN || LATEST EDITION WITH ALL VERIFIED ANSWERS
TO ALL CHAPTERS (01 – 16). GRADE A+ TO CONCEPTS & CHALLENGES 10TH
EDITION
10TH EDITION
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1.NURSING IN TODAY’S EVOLVING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT .......................................... 3
CHAPTER 2.THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF NURSING .............................................................. 15
CHAPTER 3.NURSING’S PATHWAY TO PROFESSIONALISM ..................................................................... 37
CHAPTER 4.NURSING EDUCATION IN AN EVOLVING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT ............................. 47
CHAPTER 5.BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL NURSE: DEFINING NURSING AND SOCIALIZATION INTO
PRACTICE ................................................................................................................................................. 64
CHAPTER 6.NURSING AS A REGULATED PRACTICE: LEGAL ISSUES ......................................................... 81
CHAPTER 7.ETHICS: BASIC CONCEPTS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE ................................. 102
CHAPTER 8.CONCEPTUAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
.............................................................................................................................................................. 117
CHAPTER 9.NURSING THEORY: THE BASIS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING ........................................... 134
CHAPTER 10.THE SCIENCE OF NURSING AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE ......................................... 158
CHAPTER 11.DEVELOPING NURSING JUDGMENT THROUGH CRITICAL THINKING ............................... 173
CHAPTER 12. COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING ....................... 195
CHAPTER 13. NURSES, PATIENTS, AND FAMILIES: CARING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH, ILLNESS,
ANDCULTURE ........................................................................................................................................ 224
CHAPTER 14. HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES ............................................................................ 245
CHAPTER 15. POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN NURSING: COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT . 270
CHAPTER 16. NURSING CHALLENGE: TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE ......................................................... 278
,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
CORRECT 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 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.
CORRECT ANS>>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.
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.
CORRECT ANS>>C
FEEDBACK
A THE RACIAL/ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF RNS IS INCREASING, BUT DOES NOT APPROXIMATE THEIR
PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL POPULATION.
