You Are Caring for an Adolescent Patient Who Has Swallowed

question 10

Multiple Choice

You are caring for an adolescent patient who has swallowed all of his mother's sleeping pills and pain pills. The patient has had a gastric lavage and is able to answer questions. The best question to ask this patient is:

• A)"What are your thoughts right now about hurting yourself?"
• B)"Why on earth did you do that?"
• C)"Don't you know how much your family loves you and how much they will miss you if you kill yourself?"
• D)"This is a very immature way to get attention."

Understand and calculate break-even points for a single or multiple products.

Assess the financial viability of capacity alternatives using net present value analysis.

Understand the theory of constraints as applied to production and operations management.

Distinguish between fixed and variable costs, and their implications for break-even analysis and capacity planning.

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