Why Is It Important for Advanced Practice Nurses to Have

question 6

Multiple Choice

Why is it important for advanced practice nurses to have an understanding of environmental theories and the discourses they engender?

• A) The interaction of facts and values in environmental discourses informs many health care decisions.
• B) Patients with strong opinions about ecological discourses may refuse certain types of medical treatment.
• C) The outlook of most health care institutions is ruled by concern for human well-being only, and neglects non-human discourses.
• D) Most modern human diseases are the result of anthropocentric discourses that ignored the problems introduced by environmental discourses.

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Test Statistic

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