A Public Health Nurse Is Compiling Information About How to Promote

question 16

Multiple Choice

A public health nurse is compiling information about how to promote early detection of breast cancer in women.Which document would most likely provide useful information about this  topic?

• A) The Future of Public Health
• B) Healthy People 2020
• C) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• D) Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing Practice

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Definitions:

Dendrites

Branchlike extensions of neurons that receive signals from other neurons.

Axon

A narrow, lengthy protrusion from a neuron, or nerve cell, that often directs electrical impulses from the neuron's cell body outward.

Afferent Sensory

Pertains to the transmittal of sensory signals to the central nervous system.

Bipolar Neurons

Specialized neurons with two extensions (one dendrite and one axon) from the cell body, which are found in sensory organs like the retina of the eye.