The Nurse Has Investigated Safety Hazards and Recognizes That Which

question 3

Multiple Choice

The nurse has investigated safety hazards and recognizes that which one of the following statements is accurate regarding safety needs?

• A) Bacterial contamination of foods is uncontrollable.
• B) Fire is the greatest cause of unintentional death.
• C) Carbon dioxide levels should be monitored in home settings.
• D) Temperature extremes seldom affect the safety of clients in acute care facilities.

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Definitions:

Trichromatic Theory

A theory of color vision that proposes three types of color receptors in the eye sense, which perceive color through the relative rates of response by three types of cones, each one sensitive to different wavelengths of light.

Opponent Process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains how humans perceive colors as the result of the operation of opposing neural processes.

Receptive Field

The specific area in the visual world that stimulates a neuron in the sensory system.

Inattentional Blindness

A psychological phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight when their attention is focused on something else.