A Nurse Is Assigned to a Unit Where 95% of All

question 4

Multiple Choice

A nurse is assigned to a unit where 95% of all patients required total care. Most days the assistive personnel are able to complete their assignments and provide high-quality care. A patient returning from a procedure was somehow "skipped" when daily baths were performed and requests that her care now be provided. The nurse discovers the bed is rumpled and damp. The RN joins with some other staff to bathe the patient, change the bed, and help make the patient comfortable. These staff members are demonstrating:

• A) altruism.
• B) veracity.
• C) autonomy.
• D) whistle-blowing.

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Definitions:

Ideal Standards

Standards set under perfect or ideal conditions, used for comparison with actual performance to gauge efficiency and productivity, though often unattainable in practice.

Optimum Performance

The highest level of efficiency, productivity, or effectiveness that can be achieved in a specific context.

Attainable Standards

Realistic standards that can be achieved under current operating conditions, often used in cost and management accounting.

Standard Cost System

An accounting system that uses standard costs for product costs for the purposes of cost control and decision making.