Which of the Following Best Describes Why a Nurse Working

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes why a nurse working in a U.S. urban area should be knowledgeable about infectious diseases common to areas of Africa?

• A) Nurses have an ethical commitment to care for others throughout the world.
• B) Every infectious disease is just one airplane ride away.
• C) Infection could occur if a nurse goes out in public.
• D) Nurses meet people who may originally have been born elsewhere.

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Definitions:

Scarce Goods

Items that are limited in availability relative to the desires or needs of consumers.

Laissez-Faire Economy

Literally from the French: “allow [them] to do.” An economy in which individual people and firms pursue their own self-interest without any central direction or regulation.

Excess Supply

A situation where the quantity of a product offered for sale by producers is greater than the quantity demanded by consumers at a given price.

Equilibrium Price

The price at which the quantity demanded by consumers equals the quantity supplied by producers, resulting in market balance.