History
Nurses
Demographics
100
Looking at prospective, future trends, there will be a(n) _______ in demand for Registered Nurses. (a. decrease b. increase)
What is increase?
100
The nursing position tends to have a(n) ____ nature. (a. curative, b. wholistic, c. diagnostic, d. prescriptive)
What is wholistic?
100
Females account for roughly __% of nurses today. (a. 80% b. 85% c. 90% d. 95%)
What is 90%?
200
Over the years there has been a vocational shift from Diploma nurses to Nurses with _____.
What are Associate Degrees?
200
Much of the social stratification among nurses is based mainly on subject of ______. (a. education, b. job satisfaction, c. race, d. treatment)
What is education?
200
According to recent data, the median age of nurses is around __?
What is 45?
300
A shortage of nurses occurred during what decade? (a. the 1930s b. the 1950s c. the 1980s d. the 1990s) Also, what attributed to this shortage?
What the 1980s? Various answers: Long hours, low pay. Problem was fixed by making Nursing a more attractive occupation with better pay, benefits, working conditions, and incentives.
300
The most common employment setting for Registered Nurses?
What are Hospitals?
300
What can be attributed to the increase of male nurses over the decades?
Can accept various answers such as: Societal changes in what are considered gender specific professions; Shift from Nightgale’s view of nursing as an extension of domestic roles; etc.
400
In 1965 the American Nursing Association required nurses should be graduates of college programs. What were some of the results of this?
Various: Since most nurses were from diploma schools at the time, most of the work force was alienated. This weakened the ANA as a voice for nurses.
400
(True or False) Nurses are likely to define what care should be for patients.
What is False? (they are more likely to facilitate care, rather than define what care should be)
400
Which ethnicity is most likely to have a bachelor’s degree (a. African Americans, b. Asians, c. Hispanic/Latino)
What are Asians?
500
By 2020, the IOM recommends and increase in the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree from 50% to ___%?
What is 80%?
500
This model established nursing as an honorable and distinct profession (Florence Nightingale’s Nursing Model)
What is Florence Nightingale’s Nursing Model?
500
According to recent statistics, percentage-wise how many Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) are female? Bonus question: What area of specialty is most common among Physician Assistants?
60% Female, 40% Male, Bonus: Primary Care by 31%
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