A Patient Asks a Nurse to Explain Pharmacogenetics

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient asks a nurse to explain pharmacogenetics.Which response by the nurse is best?

• A) "It is the effect of pharmaceutical agents on a person's genes."
• B) "It uses genetic information to determine if particular drugs will work in a person."
• C) "It is the science of using a person's genes to help create new medications."
• D) "It was the project that mapped and sequenced human genes."

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Definitions:

Ending Inventory Policy

A company's method for valuing goods remaining unsold at the end of an accounting period.

Variable Overhead

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A financial plan that estimates the amount of goods a company needs to buy to meet its production and sales goals.