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CONTENTS
Chapterm1.mNursingminmToday’smEvolvingmHealthmCaremEnvironment
Chapterm2.mThemHistorymand mSocialmContext mof mNursing
Chapterm3.mNursing’smPathwaymtomProfessionalism
Chapterm4.mNursingmEducationminmanmEvolvingmHealthmCaremEnvironment
Chapterm5.mBecomingmamProfessionalmNurse:mDefiningmNursingmand mSocializationmIntomPractice
Chapterm6.mNursingmasmamRegulated mPractice:mLegalmIssues
Chapterm7.mEthics:mBasicmConceptsmformProfessionalmNursingmPractice
Chapterm8.mConceptualmand mPhilosophicalmFoundationsmof mProfessionalmNursingmPractice
Chapterm9.mNursingmTheory:mThemBasismformProfessionalmNursing
Chapterm10.mThemSciencemof mNursingmand mEvidence-Based mPractice
Chapterm11.mDevelopingmNursingmJudgment mthroughmCriticalmThinking
Chapterm12.mCommunicationmand mCollaborationminmProfessionalmNursing
Chapterm13.mNurses,mPatients,mand mFamilies:mCaringmat mthemIntersectionmof mHealth,mIllness,mand
Culture
Chapterm14.mHealthmCareminmthemUnited mStates
Chapterm15.mPoliticalmActivismminmNursing:mCommunities,mOrganizations,mand mGovernment
Chapterm16.mNursing’smChallenge:mTomContinuemtomEvolve
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Chapterm1:mNursingminmToday’smEvolvingmHealthmCaremEnvironment
Black:mProfessionalmNursing:mConceptsm&mChallenges,m9thmEditionmBymBlackmMU
LTIPLEmCHOICE
1. Whichmof mthemfollowingmcould meventuallymchangemthemhistoricalmstatusmof mnursingmasmamfemale-
dominated mprofession?
a. Moremmenmgraduatingmfrommbaccalaureatemand mhighermdegreemprograms
b. Themproportionmof mmenminmnursingmbeginningmtomincrease
c. Moremmalemgraduatesmof mbasicmnursingmprogramsmenteringmthemworkplace
d. Salarymcompensationmincreasingmtomattract mmoremmen
ANS:mC
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A Moremmenmgraduatingmfrommbaccalaureatemand mhighermdegreemprogramsmis mnot mt
hembest manswermbecausemassociatemdegreemprogramsmproducemthemmost mnew mgrad
uates.
B Thempercentagemof mmenminmnursingmhasmincreased m50%msincem2000.
C Themmoremmenmwhomentermthemworkplacemasmnurses,mthemlessmnursingmwillmbemseen
masmamfemale-dominated mprofession.
D Salarymratesmdomnot mappearmtomrelatemtomthemrecruitment mof mmenmintomnursing.
DIF:mCognitivemLevel:mComprehensionmREF:mMCS:m2
2. Themracialmand methnicmcompositionmof mthemnursingmprofessionmwillmchangemtommoremaccurat
elymreflect mthempopulationmasmamwholemwhen
a. themincreased mnumbersmof mracialmand methnicmminoritiesmenrolled minmeducation
almprogramsmgraduatemand mbeginmtompractice.
b. themnumbermof mAsiansmormNativemHawaiian-PacificmIslandersmbeginsmtomincrease.
c. thempercentagemof mAfrican-
Americanmand mHispanicmnursesmdecreasesmmoremthanmthempercentagemof mwhitemnur
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d. themnonwhitemportionmof mthemgeneralmpopulationmdecreases.
ANS:mA
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A Amlargermpercentagemof mminoritiesmaremenrolled minmnursingmeducationalmprogra
msmthanmpreviously.
B Asiansmand mNativemHawaiian-
PacificmIslandersmaremovermrepresented minmnursingmcompared mtomtheirmpercenta
gemof mthemgeneralmpopulation.
C Not monlymwould mthempercentagemof mAfrican-
Americanmand mHispanicmnursesmneed mtomincrease,mthempercentagemof mwhitemnurses
mwould mhavemtomdecreaseminmordermtommoremaccuratelymreflect mthempopulationmasma
mwhole.
D Themnonwhitemportionmof mthemgeneralmpopulationmismnot mlikelymtomdecrease.
DIF:mCognitivemLevel:mComprehensionmREF:mMCS:m3
3. Whichmof mthemfollowingmismamcorrect mstatement mabout mthemregistered mnursem(RN)mpopulation?
a. Themracial/ethnicmcompositionmof mRNsmcloselymresemblesmthat mof mthemgener
almpopulation.
b. Themnumbermof mmenmenteringmnursingmhasmdecreased msteadilymovermthemlast mdecade.
c. Themratemof magingmof mRNsmhasmslowed mformthemfirst mtimeminmthempast m30myears.
d. Themmajoritymof memployed mRNsmworkingmfullmtimemmust mworkmamsecond mposition.
ANS:mC
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A Themracial/ethnicmcompositionmof mRNsmismincreasing,mbut mdoesmnot mapproxima
temtheirmpercentagemof mthemoverallmpopulation.
B Themnumbermof mmenmenteringmnursingmismincreasing.
C Themaveragemagemof mRNsminmbothm2004mand m2008mwasm46.mThismismamresult mof m
themnumbersmof mRNsmunderm30minmthemworkforce.
D Accordingmtom2008mdata,monlym12%mof mnursesmworkingmfullmtimemhold mseco
nd mpositions.