7. Normative and positive statements The following table contains statements that provide some analysis of policies that address smoking, lung cancer, and cigarette taxes. Categorize each of them as positive or normative. Statement Positive Normative Lung cancer kills millions of people each year. Too many people smoke. If the government were to increase taxes on cigarettes, fewer people would smoke. The government should increase taxes on cigarettes.

Which of the following is a way to prevent poisoning? a. avoid the overuse of bleach and disinfectant. b. keep carbon monoxide detectors away from the kitchen. c. follow medicine prescriptions properly. d.

The parents of a 9-year-old girl bring their daughter to the ed. for the last 12 hours, the child has suffered severe nausea and vomiting, as well as diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. further discussion with the child indicates that she suffers from blurred vision and headache. the parents originally were worried about bringing the child to the ed because they feared deportation since the family are illegal immigrants employed to pick strawberries on a nearby farm. on direct questionning, the parents admit that the child was assisting with spraying crops with pesticides the previous day. none of the family members was wearing any protecting clothing. her bp is 88/48 mmhg, pulse is 90/min, rr 33/min, temp 38 c. the child appears sweaty and confused. auscultation of the lungs reveals a diffuse wheeze bilaterally. pupils are miotic and the child has diffuse muscle weakness. which of the following interventions is the most appropriate treatment? - atropine- charcoal- glucagon- naloxone- exposure: consider organophosphate poisoning, which inhibits cholinesterase and results in accumulation of ach in both muscarinic and nicotinic sites. pralidoxime activates achatropine competes with ach only at muscarinic receptors, but will not reverse nicotinic effectscharcoal = gastric decontaminationglucagon = reverse beta-blocker overdosenaloxone = reverse effects of opioids

Imagine you are in your future health care work setting, what professional characteristics would you meet your work expectations?