Which of the following statistics related to diversity in the United States is accurate?
a. One per five people belongs to an ethnic or racial minority.
b. One per three people identifies with an ethnic or racial minority.
c. The percentage of people identifying with a minority group is decreasing.
d. The percentage of people identifying with a minority culture has become the majority.
ANS: B
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A) Protein B) Glucose C) Bacteria D) Drug levels E) White blood cells
A 15-year-old patient has delivered a 22-week stillborn fetus. The nurse understands that:
1. Grieving a fetal loss manifests with very similar behaviors regardless of the age of the patient. 2. Teens tend to withhold emotions, and need older adults with the same type of loss to help process the experience. 3. Most teens have had a great deal of contact with death and loss and have an established method of coping. 4. Assisting the patient might be difficult because of her mistrust of authority figures.
When utilizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Communities Program, a nurse recognizes that a factor that will influence the continuance of this program is:
a. Time b. Community participation c. Federal involvement d. Technology
The nursing instructor asks a group of nursing students to relate the concept of wellness to Maslow's hierarchy of human needs
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