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Please type your response to the two essay questions listed below in a single Word document. Each response should be about two pages long, double-spaced (approximately 4 pages total). The paper should be Times New Roman, 12 point, with 1 inch margins. Please use your textbook and notes to assist you in answering these questions.

List three sociological concepts, ideas, or facts about social stratification (inequalities based on class, race/ethnicity, and gender) that you believe will help you in your nursing career. Explain why these three things are important to nursing and being a nurse, and how you plan to use them. The appropriateness of the three items you choose, as well as the quality of your argument for how they can be applied practically, will be graded.
Identify a deviant act in society (this cannot be taken from your text or lecture notes) and discuss what aspects of the deviance a 1) functionalist, 2) conflict, and 3) interactionist sociologist would be interested in and why. Make it a point to explain why this is a deviant act. You will be graded on your ability to correctly identify a deviant act and your application of different sociological perspectives to comprehend it.