1. Which rof rthe rfollowing rcould reventually rchange rthe rhistorical rstatus rof rnursing ras ra rfemale-
r dominated rprofession?
a. More rmen r graduating rfrom r baccalaureate r and rhigher r degree rprograms
b. The rproportion r of r men r in r nursing rbeginning rto r increase
c. More rmale r graduates r of r basic r nursing rprograms r entering rthe r workplace
d. Salary rcompensation r increasing rto r attract r more rmen
B The rpercentage r of r men r in r nursing rhas r increased r 50% r since r 2000.
C The rmore rmen rwho renter rthe rworkplace ras rnurses, rthe rless rnursing rwill rbe rseen
ras ra rfemale-dominated rprofession.
D Salary rrates r do r not r appear r to r relate rto r the r recruitment r of r men r into r nursing.
DIF: rCognitive r Level: r Comprehension rREF: r MCS: r 2
2. The rracial rand rethnic rcomposition rof rthe rnursing rprofession rwill rchange rto rmore
r accurately rreflect rthe rpopulation ras ra rwhole rwhen
a. the rincreased rnumbers rof rracial rand rethnic rminorities renrolled
rin reducational rprograms rgraduate rand rbegin rto rpractice.
b. the rnumber rof rAsians r or rNative rHawaiian-Pacific r Islanders rbegins r to r increase.
c. the rpercentage rof rAfrican-American rand rHispanic rnurses rdecreases rmore rthan
rthe rpercentage rof rwhite rnurses.
, d. the rnonwhite rportion r of rthe r general r population r decreases.
ANS: r A
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A A rlarger rpercentage rof rminorities rare renrolled rin rnursing
reducational rprograms rthan rpreviously.
B Asians rand rNative rHawaiian-Pacific rIslanders rare rover rrepresented
rin rnursing rcompared rto rtheir rpercentage rof rthe rgeneral rpopulation.
C Not ronly rwould rthe rpercentage rof rAfrican-American rand r Hispanic rnurses r need
r to rincrease, rthe rpercentage rof rwhite rnurses rwould rhave rto rdecrease rin rorder rto
rmore raccurately rreflect rthe rpopulation ras ra rwhole.
D The rnonwhite r portion r of r the r general r population r is r not r likely rto r decrease.
DIF: rCognitive r Level: r Comprehension rREF: rMCS: r 3
3. Which rof rthe r following ris r a r correct r statement r about r the r registered r nurse r (RN) rpopulation?
a. The rracial/ethnic rcomposition rof rRNs rclosely rresembles rthat rof rthe
rgeneral rpopulation.
b. The rnumber rof r men r entering rnursing rhas r decreased r steadily rover r the rlast r decade.
c. The rrate r of r aging rof rRNs r has r slowed r for rthe r first r time rin r the r past r 30 r years.
d. The rmajority rof r employed r RNs r working rfull r time r must r work r a r second r position.
ANS: r C
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A The rracial/ethnic rcomposition rof rRNs ris rincreasing, rbut rdoes rnot
rapproximate rtheir rpercentage rof rthe roverall rpopulation.
B The rnumber rof r men r entering rnursing ris r increasing.
C The raverage rage rof rRNs rin rboth r2004 rand r2008 rwas r46. rThis ris ra rresult rof
rthe rnumbers rof rRNs runder r30 rin rthe rworkforce.
D According rto r2008 rdata, ronly r12% rof rnurses rworking rfull rtime rhold
rsecond rpositions.
, DIF: rCognitive r Level: r Knowledge rREF: rMCS: r3
4. Which rof rthe r following rbest r describes r trends r in r nursing r education?
a. Numbers rof rRNs r with r bachelors r and r higher r degrees r are rincreasing.
b. Numbers rof rRNs r with r associate rdegrees r are rdecreasing.
c. Foreign-born rnurses rpracticing rin rthe rUnited rStates rare rseen
ras rless rknowledgeable rbecause rof rtheir rlesser reducational
rpreparation.
d. Numbers rof rRNs r with r diploma reducations r are rincreasing.
ANS: r A
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A Slightly rover r50% rof rRNs reventually robtain rtheir rbachelors rof rscience rin
rnursing r(BSN) ror ra rhigher rnursing rdegree.
B The rmajority rof rnurses rin rthis rcountry rget rtheir rinitial rnursing reducation
rin rassociate rdegree rin rnursing r(ADN) rprograms.
a. ambulatory rcare rsettings.
b. community rhealth r settings.
c. long-term rcare rfacilities.
d. acute r care rhospitals.
ANS: r D
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