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mspears3

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A patient is admitted with fatigue; discomfort; enlarged, painless cervical lymph nodes; and pruritus. A lymph node biopsy yields a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease.
 
  The nurse is aware that the abnormal cells noted by the pathologist in Hodgkin's disease are called a. Rodem-Lee cells.
  b. Bullus-Frendelenburg cells.
  c. Stevens-Jorgens cells.
  d. Reed-Sternberg cells.

Question 2

Which of the following actions is viewed as ethically acceptable under the philosophy of relativism?
 
  A) An older adult's children propose that she split her life savings between them before she needs care.
  B) A lottery winner donates money to a hospital only if the hospital's new wing is named after him.
  C) A millionaire finds a wallet in her physician's waiting room and keeps the money inside.
  D) A poor man steals medicine and diabetic supplies from a pharmacy to help his ill child.


paavo

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
The presence of Reed-Sternberg cells remains a hallmark of the presence of Hodgkin's disease.

Answer to Question 2

D
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The act of stealing is ethically wrong in some philosophies, but condoned under the philosophy of relativism, or situational ethics, because of the circumstancesin this case, need. Choice A exemplifies utilitarianism; B and C, egoism.


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