The Workload Standard Commonly Used in Nursing When Calculating Staffing

question 16

Multiple Choice

The workload standard commonly used in nursing when calculating staffing patterns is:

• A) patient days.
• B) patient acuity system.
• C) average length of stay.
• D) nursing care hours per patient day.

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Definitions:

Variable Selling

Costs related to selling that vary with sales activity, such as sales commission.

Fixed Costs

Fixed costs are business expenses that do not change in proportion to the volume of goods or services produced or sold.

Make or Buy

A decision-making process regarding whether to produce goods in-house or purchase them from an external supplier.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

Indirect manufacturing costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production, such as factory rent and salaries of supervisory staff.