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True-False The Own-Race Bias concept is of particular interest in contemporary times. To assert that people visually recognize people of their own race better than they do people of another race is an amazing premise about how our brains perceive.   Although findings are mixed, some research suggests two surprising findings: (1) that the own-race recognition bias is not reduced by frequent contact with the other race and (2) that prejudiced persons are no more likely to exhibit an own-race recognition bias than are nonprejudiced persons. 

Multiple Choice (Hall:1) As you know,  according to Hall, one might describe the Chronemics of mainstream U.S. culture as monochronic. Which scenario below best exemplifies a culture/community emphasizing monochronic mindsets? 

Multiple Choice According to E.T. Hall, the “smallest viable unit of a culture that can be analyzed, taught, transmitted, and handed down as a complete entity”  is _________________.

A physician in the ED has ordered Albuterol. 10mg per hour for three hours. The output from the nebulizer is 6mLs per hour. How much diluent and how much drug will you draw-up? (Albuterol comes in a 0.5% solution which equals 5mg/1mL) 

Agents that paralyze skeletal muscle by simple competitive inhibition of acetylcholine at muscle receptor sites are called: 

The classes of diuretics include which of the following? 1. Loops 2. Potassium-sparing 3. Osmotics 4. Thiazides 5. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors 

Atropine is given to: 

The physician suspects that your patient may have α1-antitrypsin (α-AT) deficiency. Which disease process would help to confirm this diagnosis? 

A dry powder inhaler (DPI) is not recommended for children younger than age: 

Neuromuscular blocking agents do which of the following? 1. Decrease consciousness 2. Paralyze skeletal muscle 3. Relieve bronchospasm 4. Increase force of myocardial contraction