The student asks the nurse why ground beef and other ground meat products are more likely to be contaminated and cause food-borne illness. What response by the nurse is best?
a. It's because they are handled more.
b. They are from cheaper cuts of meat.
c. They are not kept cold during shipping.
d. They are made from leftover meats.
A
Ground meat products are handled more during processing, increasing the risk of being conta-minated with microbes that cause food-borne illnesses.
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In understanding the difference between normal cells and cancer cells, the nurse knows that cancer is the result of
1. cell division occurring extensively in normal cells. 2. cell division occurring via controlled cell division. 3. suppressor genes stopping cell growth for cell division. 4. suppressor genes continuing cell growth for cell division.