The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more accurately reflect the population as a whole when
a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in educational programs graduate and begin to practice.
b. the number of Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to increase.
c. the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses decreases more than the percentage of white nurses.
d. the nonwhite portion of the general population decreases.
ANS: A
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A
A larger percentage of minorities are enrolled in nursing educational programs than previously.
B
Asians and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders are over represented in nursing compared to their percentage of the general population.
C
Not only would the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses need to increase, the percentage of white nurses would have to decrease in order to more accurately reflect the population as a whole.
D
The nonwhite portion of the general population is not likely to decrease.
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