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Andrew was convicted of attacking an Uber driver. The judge sentenced him to three years in prison with the justification that Andrew is a threat to others and the public needs to be protected from him. This is an example of which type of justification for punishment?

French sociologist and postmodernist Pierre Bourdieu suggested that social reproduction, or the tendency of social classes to remain relatively stable as class status is passed down from one generation to the next, occurs in part through the acquisition of

Your patient is septic S/P (status post = following) abdominal surgery and is hemodynamically unstable.  Which type of dialysis would be indicated for his/her acute renal failure?

Which factor makes sociologists question the relationship between youth and crime?

Which teaching takes priority for the nurse of a newly diagnosed 32-year-old male with polycystic kidney disease? 

What is it called when individuals live as if they were members of a different racial category than the one into which they were born?

A 62-year-old patient diagnosed with early prostate cancer is confused that surgery has not been planned. Which is the nurse’s best response?

How does natural selection lead to evolution?  In your answer include ways adaptions and mutations can affect evolution.  A real-world example can aid in explaining.

What term describes the unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among members of a society?

According to the symbolic interactionist George Herbert Mead, the generalized other is