NURSING 165 CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
______ of the US RN populations compared to ______ of the
general US population constitutes ethnic minorities. Correct
Answers 19%, 37%
Assisted living and nursing home care are also expected to
Correct Answers grow rapidly
Home health care positions are expected to... Correct Answers
increase most rapidly in response to the elderly
How much has the proportion of men in nursing increased since
2000? Correct Answers 50%
In the 2000s, has the rate of aging nurses in the workforce
slowed or increased? Correct Answers slowed
Increased number of working RNs under age 30 - offsets the
increasing number of nurses age 60 or older. Why? Correct
Answers increased number of graduates from BSN programs
and they tend to be younger than graduates from other types of
nursing programs
Is the nursing population increasing or decreasing? Correct
Answers increasing
Name some more practice opportunities in nursing? Correct
Answers nurse entrepreneur, office-based nursing,
, occupational and environmental health, military nursing, hospice
and palliative care, and case management
Nurses can expect employment opportunities to grow... Due to
what? Correct Answers "much faster than average": around
19% through 2022, 526,800 new RN jobs
Due to health care reform, growing needs, aging population, and
retiring nurses
Nurses managers fill.... Correct Answers nonclinical roles,
assume 24-hour accountability for their patients
Nurses work closely with patients in a variety of roles; most
provide direct care. Name a few specialties. Correct Answers
surgery, medicine, labor & delivery, emergency, pediatrics, and
intensive care
Nursing still has a _____ way to go before the racial/ethnic
composition more accurately reflects that of the United States as
a whole. Correct Answers long
Of those RNs with licenses, most actively work in what?
Correct Answers nursing, and a significant number held a
second position
Opportunities for nurses? Correct Answers professional
organizations, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of
Nursing, and certifications
Over ________________ individuals held RN licenses in 2013.
Correct Answers 4 million
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
______ of the US RN populations compared to ______ of the
general US population constitutes ethnic minorities. Correct
Answers 19%, 37%
Assisted living and nursing home care are also expected to
Correct Answers grow rapidly
Home health care positions are expected to... Correct Answers
increase most rapidly in response to the elderly
How much has the proportion of men in nursing increased since
2000? Correct Answers 50%
In the 2000s, has the rate of aging nurses in the workforce
slowed or increased? Correct Answers slowed
Increased number of working RNs under age 30 - offsets the
increasing number of nurses age 60 or older. Why? Correct
Answers increased number of graduates from BSN programs
and they tend to be younger than graduates from other types of
nursing programs
Is the nursing population increasing or decreasing? Correct
Answers increasing
Name some more practice opportunities in nursing? Correct
Answers nurse entrepreneur, office-based nursing,
, occupational and environmental health, military nursing, hospice
and palliative care, and case management
Nurses can expect employment opportunities to grow... Due to
what? Correct Answers "much faster than average": around
19% through 2022, 526,800 new RN jobs
Due to health care reform, growing needs, aging population, and
retiring nurses
Nurses managers fill.... Correct Answers nonclinical roles,
assume 24-hour accountability for their patients
Nurses work closely with patients in a variety of roles; most
provide direct care. Name a few specialties. Correct Answers
surgery, medicine, labor & delivery, emergency, pediatrics, and
intensive care
Nursing still has a _____ way to go before the racial/ethnic
composition more accurately reflects that of the United States as
a whole. Correct Answers long
Of those RNs with licenses, most actively work in what?
Correct Answers nursing, and a significant number held a
second position
Opportunities for nurses? Correct Answers professional
organizations, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of
Nursing, and certifications
Over ________________ individuals held RN licenses in 2013.
Correct Answers 4 million
