A Client Who Is Reading a Newspaper Asks, "This Article

question 23

Multiple Choice

A client who is reading a newspaper asks, "This article about health care states that many providers of health care lack effectiveness. What is the difference between effectiveness and efficiency?" The nurse explains that:

• A) effective means performing the correct test or intervention whereas efficiency refers to the wise use of supplies and resources for the desired outcome.
• B) effective refers to competence in clinical practice and efficiency describes quick completion of the task.
• C) efficiency means wasting and meeting a minimum standard and effectiveness refers to taking all the time needed to exceed expectations.
• D) efficiency refers to speed and effectiveness refers to the usefulness of the implementation.

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Definitions:

Moral Development

The process through which individuals develop proper attitudes and behaviors towards other people in society, based on social and cultural norms, rules, and laws.

Conscience

A gut feeling or internal speech perceived as directing someone towards what is morally correct or incorrect in their conduct.

Postconventional Morality

A stage in moral development characterized by an understanding that laws and rules are relative and moral reasoning is based on abstract principles and the welfare of others.

Parenting Practices

Parenting practices involve the strategies and methods used by caregivers in the raising and guidance of children, with variations influenced by cultural, social, and individual factors.