The Nurse Understands That the Best Explanation of Why a Particular

question 13

Multiple Choice

The nurse understands that the best explanation of why a particular person lives into his 90s in relatively good health is that the person:

• A) had healthy parents who passed on to him "good" genes and no hereditary diseases.
• B) has lived a healthful lifestyle, which has included preventative care, good nutrition, exercise, and a positive outlook.
• C) has treated illness with "old-fashioned" home remedies while avoiding the use of many prescription drugs.
• D) reads a lot about the newest advances in health care and tries these approaches as soon as they are publicized.

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Definitions:

Constant-cost Industry

An industry in which the input prices and production costs remain stable even as the industry output changes.

Economic Profits

The surplus remaining after total costs are subtracted from total revenue, taking into account both explicit and implicit costs.

Industry Supply

The total output of goods or services that firms in a specific industry are willing and able to sell at various price levels.

Decreasing-cost Industry

An industry where average costs of production decrease as the scale of output increases.