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Test Bank for Macionis/Gerber, Sociology, Ninth Canadian Edition Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective Multiple Choice Questions 1) What might a sociologist say about people's selection of marriage partners? a. People marry because they fall in love. b. When it comes to romance, it’s all a matter of personal taste. c. Typically, a person marries someone of similar social position. d. When it comes to love, opposites attract. Answer: c Page Reference: 5 Skill: Applied 2) The idea ...

ANSWERS AND RATIONALES 1. Which change represents the primary impetus for the end of the era of the female lay healer? 1. Perception of health promotion as an obligation 2. Development of a clinical nurse specialist position statement 3. Foundation of the American Association of Nurse-Midwives 4. Emergence of a medical establishment Page: 4 Feedback 1. This is incorrect. Lay healers traditionally viewed their role as being a function of their community obligations; however, the emergin...

Public health and nursing go hand in hand. In the 2010 Future of Nursing report by the Institute of Medicine, the rationale for setting a goal that 80% of all nurses would hold a bachelor of science degree in nursing included the importance of demonstrated competencies in public health as key to the practice of nursing. As nurses, we apply public health science on a daily basis as we strive to prevent disease; reduce mortality and morbidity in those who are ill; and contribute to the hea...

PYC1501 (RPY1501) EXAM PREPARATION – Assignments and Exams This document is an easy to read compilation of past UNISA Assignment and Exam Questions and Answers Answers are motivated by a combination of: • Page references to the prescribed textbook • Short summaries and/or content regarding the relevant topic(s) in question. (Incorrect options are also marked where applicable, in order to identify and disregard red-herring alternatives) Assignments covered are: • Assignmen...

ANSWERS AND RATIONALES 1. Which change represents the primary impetus for the end of the era of the female lay healer? 1. Perception of health promotion as an obligation 2. Development of a clinical nurse specialist position statement 3. Foundation of the American Association of Nurse-Midwives 4. Emergence of a medical establishment Page: 4 Feedback 1. This is incorrect. Lay healers traditionally viewed their role as being a function of their community obligations; however, the emergin...

BSc biomedical sciences course at University of Southampton Module: Behaviour of Biomolecules (1st year) Lecture: Ligand binding 1 and 2 Lecturer: Declan Doyle

Maternal newborn exam 2 1 . Which woman is most likely to experience strong afterpains? a. A woman who experienced oligohydramnios b. A woman who is a gravida 4, para 4-0-0-4 c. A woman who is bottle-feeding her infant d. A woman whose infant weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces Ans B . A woman who is a gravida, para 4-0-0-4 2. What are the most common causes for subinvolution of the uterus? Retained placental fragments and infection Subinvolution is the failure of the uterus to return to a nonpr...

Exam 1 Study Guide – Ch. 1, 2, 7, 19 C. Savage, Public/Community Health and Nursing Practice, 2nd. Ed. This information is a general guideline for exam one, it is not all encompassing of every item on the exam. Chapter 1:  Equity vs equality o Equity is the underlying concept behind optimum health as a basic human right. o  Reducing health disparities o Health disparity exists when “… a health outcome is seen to a greater or lesser extent between populations. o Identifying ...

This essay shows an evaluation of scientific data to show if the temperature in a freshwater environment influences freshwater organisms. Freshwater environments hold habitats for numerous organisms, however the increasing threat of climate change to the areas is causing concern for the freshwater areas. An experiment was performed to calculate the temperature and light intensity of the University of Southampton freshwater stream.

Question Outline two reasons why marketisation policies may produce inequality of educational achievement between social classes. Answer:  cream-skimming; successful schools can attract higher achievers, who are more likely to be middle-class.  silt-shifting; successful schools can avoid taking less able, largely working-class pupils, who thus end up in low-achieving schools. Question Outline three reasons for gender differences in educational achievement. Answer:  l...