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dollx

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Pharmaceutical companies are hesitant to create new drugs to meet the demands of multidrug-resistant organisms and hypothetical scenarios for pandemics because
 
  A) they will have an extended period of time to develop drugs if the hypothetical scenarios occur.
  B) the development of new drugs for common illnesses is a priority.
  C) research is done, but the drugs are too expensive to manufacture.
  D) the profit margin is too low to expend time and money on research.

Question 2

You are hired as an employee health nurse in a small community hospital. Each employee is informed that he or she needs a tuberculin skin test and the date that the test is due.
 
  The kitchen employees tell you that they don't need the test and never had to have it before. You respond that
  A) the test does not need to be given if you do not have client contact.
  B) TB guidelines require testing of an entire health care setting.
  C) the test will not hurt; we won't fire you if you test positive.
  D) the TB guidelines state kitchen workers are at risk.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B



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