A Nurse Reads That a Case Involving the Care Provided

question 13

Multiple Choice

A nurse reads that a case involving the care provided in a hospital will be reviewed by the United States Supreme Court. The nurse suspects that which situations could have occurred?

• A) The case involves a constitutional issue.
• B) Two lower federal courts have reached different conclusions in the case.
• C) The hospital involved is a military hospital.
• D) The care in question included the suspicion of premeditated homicide.
• E) The patient involved in the case was an undocumented alien.

---

Definitions:

Grammar

The system and structure of a language, including syntax, morphology, and phonology, governing the composition of phrases, clauses, and words.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed (seen, heard, touched, smelled, or sensed in any way).

Information Processing Approach

A cognitive psychology theory that compares human thought processes to computer processing, focusing on how information is received, processed, stored, and retrieved.

Operant Conditioning

A method of teaching in which behavior is altered through the application of rewards or consequences.