2. The jracial jand jethnic jcomposition jof jthe jnursing jprofession jwill jchange jto
jmorejaccurately jreflect jthe jpopulation jas ja jwhole jwhen
a. the jincreased jnumbers jof jracial jand jethnic jminorities jenrolled jin jeducational
jprogramsjgraduate jand jbegin jto jpractice.
b. the jnumber jof jAsians jor jNative jHawaiian-Pacific jIslanders jbegins jto jincrease.
c. the jpercentage jof jAfrican-American jand jHispanic jnurses jdecreases jmore jthan
jthejpercentage jof jwhite jnurses.
d. the jnonwhite jportion jof jthe jgeneral jpopulation jdecreases.
ANS: jA
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A A jlarger jpercentage jof jminorities jare jenrolled jin jnursing jeducational jprograms
jthanjpreviously.
B Asians jand jNative jHawaiian-Pacific jIslanders jare jover jrepresented jin jnursing
jcomparedjto jtheir jpercentage jof jthe jgeneral jpopulation.
C Not jonly jwould jthe jpercentage jof jAfrican-American jand jHispanic jnurses jneed
jto jincrease, jthe jpercentage jof jwhite jnurses jwould jhave jto jdecrease jin jorder jto
jmorejaccurately jreflect jthe jpopulation jas ja jwhole.
D The jnonwhite jportion jof jthe jgeneral jpopulation jis jnot jlikely jto
jdecrease.jDIF: jCognitive jLevel: jComprehension jREF: jMCS: j3
3. Which jof jthe jfollowing jis ja jcorrect jstatement jabout jthe jregistered jnurse j(RN)
jpopulation?
a. The jracial/ethnic jcomposition jof jRNs jclosely jresembles jthat jof jthe jgeneral jpopulation.
b. The jnumber jof jmen jentering jnursing jhas jdecreased jsteadily jover jthe jlast jdecade.
c. The jrate jof jaging jof jRNs jhas jslowed jfor jthe jfirst jtime jin jthe jpast j30 jyears.
d. The jmajority jof jemployed jRNs jworking jfull jtime jmust jwork ja jsecond jposition.
ANS: jC
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A The jracial/ethnic jcomposition jof jRNs jis jincreasing, jbut jdoes jnot japproximate
jtheirjpercentage jof jthe joverall jpopulation.
B The jnumber jof jmen jentering jnursing jis jincreasing.
C The javerage jage jof jRNs jin jboth j2004 jand j2008 jwas j46. jThis jis ja jresult jof jthe
jnumbers jofjRNs junder j30 jin jthe jworkforce.
D According jto j2008 jdata, jonly j12% jof jnurses jworking jfull jtime jhold jsecond
jpositions.jDIF: jCognitive jLevel: jKnowledge jREF: jMCS: j3
4. Despite jthe jvariety jof jwork jsettings javailable jto jthe jRN, jdata jfrom j2008 jindicate jthat
jthejprimary jwork jsite jfor jRNs jis
a. ambulatory jcare jsettings.
b. community jhealth jsettings.
c. long-term jcare jfacilities.
d. acute jcare jhospitals.
ANS: jD
, D jStatistics jshow jthat j62.2% jof jRNs jwork jin jacute jcare jhospitals.
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