Which of the Following Accurately Represents the Concept of Political

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following accurately represents the concept of political activism?

• A) Meghan, an ER supervisor, encourages staff to write letters to the local health board, protesting closure of the ER and loss of 30 full-time jobs.
• B) Sarah refuses involvement in her professional organization but is heavily involved in the Little League organization to which her son belongs.
• C) Because of her influential contributions to position papers on health care, Roberta is asked to let her name stand for election as chair of the local organization of gerontology nurse practitioners, who are lobbying for increased certification standards.
• D) Sondra volunteers to run for office in her state nursing organization because of her concern about the underrepresentation of expertise from her area of nursing practice.

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Pertaining to the process of translating the sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule to a sequence of amino acids during protein synthesis.

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Pertaining to transcription, the process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to messenger RNA.