TEST BANK For Leddy & Pepper‟s Professional Nursing
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10th Edition by Lucy Hood
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Chapters 1 - 22 Complete
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,Chapter1 TheProfessionalNurse
1. WhichofthefollowingIcouldeventuallychangethehistoricalstatusofnursingIasafemale-
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a. More men graduating fromIbaccalaureateIand higherIdegree programs
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b. TheIproportion of men in nursing beginning to increase f f f f f f f
c. Moremale graduates of basicInursingprograms enteringIthe workplace
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d. Salarycompensation increasing to attract more men
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ANSWER:C f
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A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs isInot the be st
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answer because associateIdegree programs produce theImost new graduates.
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B The percentage of menIin nursing hasIincreased 50% since 2000.
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C ThemoreImenwho entertheIworkplaceas nurses, theless nursingwillbeseen as a f
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emale-dominatedprofession.
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D SalaryratesdoInot appear to relateto therecruitment ofmeninto nursing.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 2
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2. TheIracial and ethnic composition ofthenursingIprofession will changeto more accurately ref lect
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f the population as aIwhole when
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a. theincreasednumbersofracialand ethnicminorities enrolled in educational pr
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ograms graduate and begin to practice.
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b. theInumberof Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
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c. thepercentageof African-
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AmericanandHispanic nurses decreases morethan the percentage of whiteInurses.
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, d. theInonwhite portionIof the general population decreases. f f f f f
ANSWER:A f
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A Alargerpercentageofminoritiesareenrolledinnursingeducationalprograms th an
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previously.
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PacificIslanders areoverrepresentedinnursing compared to their percentage o f
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the general population.
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C Not onlywouldIthe percentage of African-
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American and HispanicInurses need to increase, the percentage of whiteInurses wo uld
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have to decrease in order to more accurately reflect theIpopulation as a whole.
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D Thenonwhite portionIof thegeneral population is not likelyto decrease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 3
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3. Whichof the following is a correct statement about the registered nurse (RN) population?
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a. TheIracial/ethnic composition of RNs closelyresembles that of theIgeneral p f f f f f f f f
opulation.
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b. TheInumber of men entering nursingIhas decreased steadily over theIlast decade.
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c. Therate of agingof RNs has slowed forItheIfirst time in the past 30 years.
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d. TheImajorityofemployed RNs workingfulltimemust workIasecond position. f f f f f f f f f
ANSWER:C f
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A TheIracial/ethniccomposition ofRNsisincreasing, butdoes notapproximate th eir f f f f f f f f f f f
percentage of the overall population.
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B The number of men enteringInursingIis increasing.
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C TheaverageageIofRNsinIboth2004 and2008was 46. ThisisaresultoftheInu
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mbers of RNs under 30 in the workforce.
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D Accordingto2008data,only12%ofnursesworkingfulltimeholdsecond po
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sitions.
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