A Child Is Tested for Genetic Abnormalities

question 1

Multiple Choice

A child is tested for genetic abnormalities.After the test results are delivered from the laboratory,a representative of the parents' medical insurance company calls the nurse's station and asks for the results of the tests.The nurse's best response to this request is to

• A) refuse to give the information.
• B) tell the representative the status of the tests is unknown.
• C) give the results as reported because the insurance company is paying for the tests.
• D) tell the representative that the test results will need to be obtained from the physician who ordered them.

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Definitions:

IRR

Internal rate of return; a financial metric used to assess the profitability of investments by calculating the rate of return where net present value of all cash flows (both positive and negative) from a project equals zero.

Project

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Payback Criterion

A capital budgeting method that measures the time required to recoup the initial investment in a project.

Mutually Exclusive

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