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Deast7027

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The nurse recognizes that there are certain variables that increase or decrease the probability of illness or death, and that these variables can be modified. Such variables are called:
 
  a. health determinants. c. vulnerable population groups.
  b. underserved. d. health risk factors.

Question 2

Name and provide an example of four different kinds of subtle aggression that may appear with lateral violence.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

Outline the process for resolving disputes in a non-unionized organization.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

A group of nurses have recently been hired at your hospital. Because the nurses are from a different country, they would most likely experience which of the following?
 
  a. Ambivalence c. Hoarding of tradition in ethnic groups
  b. Improved lifestyle d. Culture shock



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Answer to Question 1

D
Health risk factors are variables that increase or decrease the probability of illness or death. Health risk
factors may be modifiable. Health determinants are variables that include biological, psychosocial,
environmental, and health system factors that may cause changes in the health status of individuals,
families, groups, populations, and communities. Vulnerable population groups are subgroups of a
community who are powerless, marginalized, or disenfranchised and are experiencing health
disparities. The underserved are those people who have not received adequate medical care services.

Answer to Question 2

Correct answers will include four of the following.
 Types of subtle aggression
o withholding information
o gossiping
o intimidating
o belittling achievements
o excessive surveillance
o exclusion
Examples will vary.

Answer to Question 3

Correct answers will include the following points.
 The organization will have a policy for dispute resolution.
 The policy may involve discussion at many levels of the organization.
 Final review/decision will be made by a senior executive or panel of employees from within the organization (could also be an outside partner hired for the meeting).
 Mediation may be employeda mediator assists both disputing parties in finding a solution that they can both agree upon. Both parties have to want to resolve the conflict.

Answer to Question 4

D
Culture shock can occur when an individual immigrates to a different country with a different culture.
This can occur when the values and beliefs upheld by the new culture are radically different from the
individual's native culture.





 

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