Which of the Following Patient Care Situations Would Support the Concept

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following patient care situations would support the concept of double effect?

• A) Leaving a terminally ill patient lying flat in bed so as to not cause more pain
• B) Inserting a central line into a terminally ill patient to provide nutrition and medications
• C) Moving a terminally ill patient from the bed to a chair in order to change the bed linens
• D) Providing a terminally ill patient who is NPO with ice chips

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Definitions:

Fixed Costs

Expenses that remain unchanged regardless of the amount of goods produced or sold, staying fixed amidst variations in business operations.

Sensitivity Analysis

is a technique used to determine how different values of an independent variable will affect a particular dependent variable under a given set of assumptions.

Net Present Value

The difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows over a period of time, used in capital budgeting to assess the profitability of investments.

Variable Costs

Variable Costs are expenses that vary directly with the level of output or production, such as materials and labor costs.