Your Patient Required Mechanical Ventilation for Apnea After an Accidental

question 7

Multiple Choice

Your patient required mechanical ventilation for apnea after an accidental drug overdose. She is now awake. According to the mechanical ventilation protocol, what should be done to initially assess her readiness to be weaned from the ventilator?

• A) 1-Minute spontaneous breathing trial
• B)30-Minute spontaneous breathing trial
• C)Assessment on CPAP
• D)Consultation with the physician

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

A method of cost accounting in which only variable production costs (materials, labor, and variable overhead) are included in the cost of a unit of product.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost to produce one unit of a product, including direct materials, direct labor, and overhead allocated on a per-unit basis.

Absorption Costing

This method in accounting ensures that the costing of a product fully reflects all manufacturing expenses, which cover direct materials, direct labor and all overhead costs, fixed and variable alike.

Variable Costing

This is an accounting technique that incorporates only the variable costs of production, including direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead, into the costs of products.