An Employee Who Works at a Grocery Store for Many

question 252

Multiple Choice

An employee who works at a grocery store for many years as a checkout clerk becomes unable to operate the cash register because of pain in her fingers that has developed from pushing keys on the cash register for so long. Unqualified for any other job at the store, she is dismissed and sues for disability discrimination. Most likely she will:

• A) be ordered reinstated into her previous job with an assistant to run the register (an accommodation)
• B) be granted damages equal to the pay she would have collected had she remained at her position until retirement
• C) be granted whatever amount of damages the jury wishes to award
• D) be granted another position in the store as soon as one become available; she must be given priority in hiring
• E) none of the other choices

Understand the concept of acculturation and its relevance in health care.

Recognize and avoid cultural bias and imposition in patient care.

Describe health inequity and its root causes.

Understand the role of social organization in patient care plans.

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Definitions:

Future Cash Flows

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Financial Assets

Assets that derive value from a contractual claim, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and derivatives.

Real Asset

Physical or tangible assets such as real estate, commodities, and natural resources that have intrinsic value.

Bonds

Fixed-income investments where an investor loans money to an entity (corporate or governmental) which borrows the funds for a defined period of time at a fixed interest rate.