Question 1

Which represents a historical deterrent for men entering the nursing profession?&#10;A)Stronger educational programs&#10;B)A multitude of available positions&#10;C)Lack of appropriate residential accommodations&#10;D)Need for gentleness and nurturing for all patients

Accepted Answer

Evans (2004) reported that differential barriers to residential accommodation, separate and weaker educational programs for male nursing students, and difficulty securing positions following graduation were historical deterrents for men entering the nursing profession.

Question 2

Which of the following would be an effective strategy for retaining students from diverse populations once they are enrolled in a nursing program?&#10;A)Assign peer mentors&#10;B)Modify evaluation requirements&#10;C)Offer the choice of a nursing specialty for clinical placements&#10;D)Base nursing education in a sociopolitical and cross-cultural context

Accepted Answer

Once nursing students were in school, support groups and peer mentors, as well as curriculum support, were found to be essential to retaining students from diverse backgrounds.

Question 3

Feminism is an outgrowth of reactions against which of the following?&#10;A)Men&#10;B)The military&#10;C)Forms of social organization&#10;D)Politically active nursing leaders

Accepted Answer

Feminism is an outgrowth of reactions against forms of social organization in which women are not valued as highly as men.

Question 4

Which of the following is a major barrier to men entering the nursing profession?&#10;A)Shift work&#10;B)Nurturing role&#10;C)Male self-image&#10;D)Societal attitudes

Accepted Answer

One of the major barriers to men's entering the nursing profession is societal attitudes about the type of work that is appropriate for men and women.

Question 5

Reflective feminism of the 1980s had a profound impact on the nursing profession and resulted in new value being placed on nursing as a profession. Which of the following outcomes was one result of this new value placed on nursing?

A)Nurses were required to enroll in shorter, more intensive training sessions.
B)Nurses were empowered to seek higher education.
C)Nurses achieved greater dependence.
D)Nurses began independent professional practices.

Accepted Answer

Reflective feminism encouraged new value to be placed on nursing, and as a result, nurses were empowered to seek higher education to become specialized professionals, they began to collaborate with other health disciplines on a more collegial level, and they achieved greater independence in all aspects of their work in practice, education, and research.

Question 6

Research that has studied strategies to recruit and retain nursing students from diverse populations recommends that recruitment efforts should begin at which following educational level?&#10;A)High school&#10;B)Junior high school&#10;C)Elementary school&#10;D)Pre-elementary school

Accepted Answer

Research has concluded that it is important to begin recruitment early in elementary school to plant seeds encouraging these potential students to consider nursing.

Question 7

Which type of research design would you expect to see in a feminist research study?&#10;A)Grounded theory&#10;B)Solomon four group&#10;C)Pre-test, post-test control group&#10;D)Post-test only non-equivalent control group

Accepted Answer

Of the types of research design listed, grounded theory is the only design that reflects qualitative methodology, which is the methodology most frequently chosen by feminist research studies.

Question 8

Which of the following is a health problem that historically was emphasized in most nursing curricula?&#10;A)Depression&#10;B)Osteoporosis&#10;C)Cardiac disease&#10;D)Menopausal difficulties

Accepted Answer

Historically, the health problems emphasized in most nursing curricula have been male-biased. For example, cardiac disease, which was previously thought to be primarily a male medical problem, received far more attention than depression, which was thought to affect primarily women.

Question 9

Which following fundamental ideal does feminism espouse?&#10;A)Valuing women&#10;B)Degrading men&#10;C)Valuing women and men&#10;D)Opposing traditional institutions

Accepted Answer

Although feminism may be seen as a movement that opposes both men and traditional institutions such as the family, its fundamental ideas espouse valuing both women and men.

Question 10

Which nurse is noted for her early emphasis on the importance of assisting people to regain abilities and resume usual activities?&#10;A)Sairey Gamp&#10;B)Jean Watson&#10;C)Virginia Henderson&#10;D)Florence Nightingale

Accepted Answer

Virginia Henderson is noted for her early emphasis upon the importance of assisting people to regain abilities and resume usual activities.

Question 11

Which following group describes the first nurses that came to Canada to care for the sick?&#10;A)Nuns&#10;B)Jesuit priests&#10;C)Male attendants&#10;D)Untrained females

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which following group describes the first nurses...

Question 12

The challenge to traditional patriarchal family structures represents an inherent challenge to which following aspect of nursing?&#10;A)Professional practice&#10;B)Participation in professional associations&#10;C)Creation of centres of excellence for women's health&#10;D)Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks

Accepted Answer

The answer of The challenge to traditional patriarchal family structures...

Question 13

Which feminist framework is seen as liberating nursing from the narrow environment of the individual and family to the environmentally conscious setting of the larger world?&#10;A)Eco-feminist&#10;B)Social feminist&#10;C)Radical feminist&#10;D)Liberal feminist

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which feminist framework is seen as liberating...

Question 14

What is the approximate proportion of male nurses in Canada?&#10;A)4%&#10;B)4.5%&#10;C)5%&#10;D)5.5%

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the approximate proportion of male...

Question 15

Which of the following reflects the liberal feminist stance as identified by Chinn and Wheeler in 1985?&#10;A)The resolution of all inequalities&#10;B)Analysis of socio-cultural phenomena&#10;C)Women are seen as an oppressed group&#10;D)Issues need to be defined from a female perspective of the world

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following reflects the liberal...

Deck 5: Issues of Gender and Diversity in Nursing