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A Patient Has Been in the Intensive Care Unit for 10

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A patient has been in the intensive care unit for 10 days.He has just been moved to the medical-surgical unit and the admitting nurse is planning to perform a mental status examination on him.During the tests of cognitive function the nurse would expect that he:


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Basis Points

One basis point is equal to 1/100th of 1%, used primarily to denote the change in interest rates, equity indexes, and the yield of fixed-income securities.

Price Decline

A decrease in the market price of an asset or security.

Duration

A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond or other fixed-income investment to a change in interest rates, often expressed in years.

Price Volatility

The rate at which the price of an asset increases or decreases for a given set of returns, indicative of the risk or stability.

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