What Uniquely 21st Century Issue Challenges Today's Professional Nurse? (Select

question 15

Multiple Choice

What uniquely 21st century issue challenges today's professional nurse? (Select all that apply. )

• A) Caring for an aging population
• B) Increased patient acuity
• C) Access to health care services
• D) Expanding technology
• E) Increasing intercultural patient population

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Definitions:

Sending Neuron

A neuron that transmits a nerve impulse away from itself towards another neuron, muscle cell, or gland.

Synapse

The junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron. The tiny gap at this junction is called the synaptic gap or synaptic cleft.

Sending Neuron

The nerve cell that transmits an electrical signal to a receiving neuron across a synapse, facilitating neural communication.

Receiving Neuron

Also known as the postsynaptic neuron, it is the neuron that receives signals via neurotransmitters across the synaptic gap from another neuron.