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Chaptern1.nNursingninnToday’snEvolvingnHealthnCarenEnvironment

Chaptern 2.n Then Historyn andn Socialn Contextn ofn Nursing

Chaptern 3.n Nursing’sn Pathwayn ton Professionalism

Chaptern4.nNursingnEducationninnannEvolvingnHealthnCarenEnvironment

Chaptern 5.n Becomingn an Professionaln Nurse:n Definingn Nursingn andn Socializationn inton Practice

Chaptern6.nNursingnasnanRegulatednPractice:nLegalnIssues

Chaptern7.nEthics:nBasicnConceptsnfornProfessionalnNursingnPractice

Chaptern8.nConceptualnandnPhilosophicalnFoundationsnofnProfessionalnNursingnPractice

Chaptern 9.n Nursingn Theory:n Then Basisn forn Professionaln Nursing

Chaptern 10.n Then Sciencen ofn Nursingn andn Evidence-Basedn Practice

Chaptern11.nDevelopingnNursingnJudgmentnThroughnCriticalnThinking

Chaptern12.nCommunicationnandnCollaborationninnProfessionalnNursing

Chaptern 13.n Nurses,n Patients,n andn Families:n Caringn atn then Intersectionn ofn Health,Illness,n andn Culture

Chaptern14.nHealthnCareninnthenUnitednStates

Chaptern 15.n Politicaln Activismn inn Nursing:n Communities,n Organizations,n Government

Chaptern16.nNursingnChallenge:nTonContinuentonEvolve

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Chapter 1.Nursing in Today’s Evolving Health Care Environment
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MULTIPLEnCHOICE

1. Whichnofnthenfollowingncouldneventuallynchangenthenhistoricalnstatusnofnnursingnasnanfemale-
dominatednprofession?
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a. Morenmenngraduatingnfromnbaccalaureatenandnhigherndegreenprograms
b. Thenproportionnofnmenninnnursingnbeginningntonincrease
c. Morenmalengraduatesnofnbasicnnursingnprogramsnenteringnthenworkplace
d. Salaryncompensationnincreasingntonattractnmorenmen


ANSWER:nC

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A Morenmenngraduatingnfromnbaccalaureatenandnhigherndegreenprogramsnisnnotnthenbestna
nswernbecausenassociatendegreenprogramsnproducenthenmostnnewngraduates.
B Thenpercentagenofnmenninnnursingnhasnincreasedn50%nsincen2000.
C Thenmorenmennwhonenternthenworkplacenasnnurses,nthenlessnnursingnwillnbenseennasnanf
emale-dominatednprofession.
D Salarynratesndonnotnappearntonrelatentonthenrecruitmentnofnmennintonnursing.


DIFFERENCE:nCOGNITIVEnLEVEL:nComprehensionn REFERENCE:nMCS:n2

2. Thenracialnandnethnicncompositionnofnthennursingnprofessionnwillnchangentonmorenaccuratelynr
eflectnthenpopulationnasnanwholenwhen


a. Thenincreasednnumbersnofnracialnandnethnicnminoritiesnenrolledninneducationalnprogramsng
raduatenandnbeginntonpractice.
b. ThennumbernofnAsiansnornNativenHawaiian-PacificnIslandersnbeginsntonincrease.
c. ThenpercentagenofnAfrican-
AmericannandnHispanicnnursesndecreasesnmorenthannthenpercentagenofnwhitennurses.

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d. Thennonwhitenportionnofnthengeneralnpopulationndecreases.


ANSWER:nA

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A Anlargernpercentagenofnminoritiesnarenenrolledninnnursingneducationalnprogramsnthannp
reviously.
B AsiansnandnNativenHawaiian-
PacificnIslandersnarenovernrepresentedninnnursingncomparedntontheirnpercentagen
ofnthengeneralnpopulation.
CnNotnonlynwouldnthenpercentagenofnAfrican-
AmericannandnHispanicnnursesnneedntonincrease,nthenpercentagenofnwhitennursesnwo
uldnhaventondecreaseninnorderntonmorenaccuratelynreflectnthenpopulationnasnanwhole.
DnThennonwhitenportionnofnthengeneralnpopulationnisnnotnlikelyntondecrease.


DIFFERENCE:nCOGNITIVEnLEVEL:nComprehensionn REFERENCE:nMCS:n3
3. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnancorrectnstatementnaboutnthenregisterednnursen(RN)npopulation?

a. Thenracial/ethnicncompositionnofnRNsncloselynresemblesnthatnofnthengeneralnpopulation.
b. Thennumbernofnmennenteringnnursingnhasndecreasednsteadilynovernthenlastndecade.
c. ThenratenofnagingnofnRNsnhasnslowednfornthenfirstntimeninnthenpastn30nyears.
d. ThenmajoritynofnemployednRNsnworkingnfullntimenmustnworknansecondnposition.


ANSWER:nC

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A Thenracial/ethnicncompositionnofnRNsnisnincreasing,nbutndoesnnotnapproximatentheirnp
ercentagenofnthenoverallnpopulation.
B Thennumbernofnmennenteringnnursingnisnincreasing.
C ThenaveragenagenofnRNsninnbothn2004nandn2008nwasn46.nThisnisnanresultnofnthenn
umbersnofnRNsnundern30ninnthenworkforce.
D Accordingnton2008ndata,nonlyn12%nofnnursesnworkingnfullntimenholdnsecondnp
ositions.

DIF:nCOGNITIVEnLEVEL:nKnowledgenREFERENCE:nMCS:n3
4. Whichnofnthenfollowingnbestndescribesntrendsninnnursingneducation?

a. NumbersnofnRNsnwithnbachelorsnandnhigherndegreesnarenincreasing.
b. NumbersnofnRNsnwithnassociatendegreesnarendecreasing.