Which Statement About Change in Hospitals Reflects the Impact on Nursing

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which statement about change in hospitals reflects the impact on nursing?

• A) Nurses need to gather more data about the positive effects that nursing care has on patient outcomes in the acute care setting.
• B) Nurses need to advocate for more unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to help nurses provide quality, low-cost care.
• C) Nurses need to be more assertive in obtaining longer hospital stays for patients who have not reached their expected outcomes due to complications.
• D) Nurses continue to provide patient education without difficulty despite changes occurring in hospitals.

---

Definitions:

Perfect Competition

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, a homogeneous product, free entry and exit, and perfect information that leads to firms being price takers.

Short-Run Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the quantity of goods a firm is willing and able to supply at different prices in a given short-term period, holding some factors constant.

Marginal Cost Curve

A graph that displays how the expense of producing one additional unit of a good changes as production volume varies.

Average Variable Cost

The variable cost per unit of output.