A Nurse Reviews the Chart of a Client Who Has

question 24

Multiple Choice

A nurse reviews the chart of a client who has Crohn's disease and a draining fistula.Which documentation should alert the nurse to urgently contact the provider for additional prescriptions?

• A) Serum potassium of 2.6 mEq/L
• B) Client ate 20% of breakfast meal
• C) White blood cell count of 8200/mm³
• D) Client's weight decreased by 3 pounds

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Definitions:

Diminishing Marginal Returns

A principle stating that if one factor of production is increased while others remain constant, the overall returns will gradually decrease after a certain point.

Long-Run Average Cost Curves

A graphical representation showing the average cost per unit of output over a long period, where all inputs, including capital, are variable.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, leading to a reduction in average costs per unit as output increases.

Diseconomies of Scale

The situation in which a business grows so large that the costs per unit increase, as opposed to economies of scale where costs per unit decrease with the increase in output.