Deck 5: Issues of Gender and Diversity in Nursing

Question 1

Which represents a historical deterrent for men entering the nursing profession?

A)Stronger educational programs
B)A multitude of available positions
C)Lack of appropriate residential accommodations
D)Need for gentleness and nurturing for all patients

Answer 1

Lack of appropriate residential accommodations

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?

A)Assign peer mentors
B)Modify evaluation requirements
C)Offer the choice of a nursing specialty for clinical placements
D)Base nursing education in a sociopolitical and cross-cultural context

Answer 2

Assign peer mentors

Question 3

Feminism is an outgrowth of reactions against which of the following?

A)Men
B)The military
C)Forms of social organization
D)Politically active nursing leaders

Answer 3

Forms of social organization

Question 4

Which of the following is a major barrier to men entering the nursing profession?

A)Shift work
B)Nurturing role
C)Male self-image
D)Societal attitudes

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.

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?

A)High school
B)Junior high school
C)Elementary school
D)Pre-elementary school

Question 7

Which type of research design would you expect to see in a feminist research study?

A)Grounded theory
B)Solomon four group
C)Pre-test, post-test control group
D)Post-test only non-equivalent control group

Question 8

Which of the following is a health problem that historically was emphasized in most nursing curricula?

A)Depression
B)Osteoporosis
C)Cardiac disease
D)Menopausal difficulties

Question 9

Which following fundamental ideal does feminism espouse?

A)Valuing women
B)Degrading men
C)Valuing women and men
D)Opposing traditional institutions

Question 10

Which nurse is noted for her early emphasis on the importance of assisting people to regain abilities and resume usual activities?

A)Sairey Gamp
B)Jean Watson
C)Virginia Henderson
D)Florence Nightingale

Question 11

Which following group describes the first nurses that came to Canada to care for the sick?

A)Nuns
B)Jesuit priests
C)Male attendants
D)Untrained females

Question 12

The challenge to traditional patriarchal family structures represents an inherent challenge to which following aspect of nursing?

A)Professional practice
B)Participation in professional associations
C)Creation of centres of excellence for women's health
D)Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks

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?

A)Eco-feminist
B)Social feminist
C)Radical feminist
D)Liberal feminist

Question 14

What is the approximate proportion of male nurses in Canada?

A)4%
B)4.5%
C)5%
D)5.5%

Question 15

Which of the following reflects the liberal feminist stance as identified by Chinn and Wheeler in 1985?

A)The resolution of all inequalities
B)Analysis of socio-cultural phenomena
C)Women are seen as an oppressed group
D)Issues need to be defined from a female perspective of the world