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Which law prohibits discrimination in employment on account of race or color by private employers, regardless of the number of employees? - ANS-Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by Equal Employment Act of 1972. The Family Medical Leave Act applies to employers with: - ANS-50 or more employees. The Fair Labor Standards Act established a minimum wage, regulates child labor, and: - ANS-Established overtime pay. The goal of annual employee performance appraisals is to: - ANS...

1. Which of the following outcomes is NOT usually associated with world population growth? - ANS-Prosperity 2. The environment plays a role in human health through associations with: - ANS-All of the above (acute conditions, allergic responses, disability, chronic diseases) 3. The natural population replacement fertility rate in the US is estimated to be: - ANS-2.1 births per woman 4. The contributions of epidemiology to environmental health include: - ANS-All of the above (concern wi...

The safest preferred method for removing a tick is to - ANS-grab the tick close to the head and pull slowly and steadily The culex mosquito is associated with which of the following diseases? - ANS-West Nile virus The anopheles mosquito is associated with which of the following diseases? - ANS-Malaria They cause scabies. - ANS-Mites They carry yellow fever. - ANS-Mosquito They carry hanta. - ANS-Deer Mice They transmit ehrlichiosis. - ANS-Ticks They hide in the crevices of f...

6 criteria air pollutants - ANS--ozone -carbon monoxide -sulfur dioxide -nitrogen oxides -particulate matter -lead 2 components included in foodborne diseases - ANS--foodborne infection -foodborne intoxication 4 major categories of food hazards - ANS--biological -physical -chemical -nutritional 4 dimensions of MSW disposal - ANS--recycling -landfilling -composting -combustion hierarchy for the management of MSW developed by EPA - ANS--Source reduction -recycling -disposa...

1. Hazard identification refers to the question of: - ANS-What are the health effects that this agent can cause? 2. Which of the following can be considered as a "safe" dose level for the general population? - ANS-RfD 3. To ensure the safety of all drinking water from the public water supply in the US, standards are set by: - ANS-The EPA 4. Dose-response assessments refers to the question of: - ANS-What is the relationship between dose and occurrence of health effects in humans (or an...

environment - ANS-the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival environmental health - ANS-the study of how our environment effects our health environmental science - ANS-how we effect the environment personal environment - ANS--behavior and lifestyle choices contribute to our environment, WE have control over these -ex: cigarette smoking ...

A female pt who is receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer tells the nurse, "The treatment for this cancer is worse than the disease itself. I'm not going to come for my therapy anymore." The nurse responds by using critical thinking skills to address this patient problem. Which action is the first step the nurse would take in this process? - ANS-The nurse reassess the pt and decides how best to intervene in her care. The nursing process ensures that nurses are person centered rather than...

Nursing is a profession in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. The most important reason for the nurse to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning is: a. to be able to employ the nursing process in patient care. b. that the licensing examination requires nurses to be adept at critical thinking. c. because patients deserve experts who know how to care for them. d. to provide quality care with nursing ability and knowledge. - ANS-d. to provide quality care with nursing a...

1. Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge 2. Strong service orientation 3. Recognized authority by a professional group 4. Code of ethics 5. Professional organization that sets standards 6. Ongoing research 7. Autonomy and self-regulation - ANS-Note the seven characteristics that qualify an occupation as a profession. Standard 1. Assessment Standard 2. Diagnosis Standard 3. Outcomes Identification Standard 4. Planning Standard 5. Implementation Standard 5a. Coordination...

Types of Ethics - ANS-Normative Meta Applied/Personal Normative Ethics - ANS-study of ethical behavior -what should I do? Meta Ethics - ANS-Study of the nature and meaning of moral judgement -good vs bad Applied-Personal Ethics - ANS-Practical application of moral consideration -controversial Benificence - ANS-to do good and the right thing for the patient Autonomy - ANS-Respect for patients decisions -ensuring patient is informed Paternalism - ANS-Provider/Nurse dis...