Which Description Best Illustrates a Type of Care Delivery Model

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which description best illustrates a type of care delivery model? Select all that apply.

• A)Primary nursing focused on the registered nurse being responsible for total patient care at the bedside.
• B)A team nursing approach consisted of all registered nurses providing complex care to a group of high acuity patients.
• C)Nontraditional models of patient care incorporate non-nursing personnel to deliver patient care.
• D)Partnership models focused on decreasing health-care costs while providing patient care.
• E)Functional care model focused on the use of registered nurses as the basis for providing total care.

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Definitions:

Marginal-Cost Curve

A graphical representation depicting how the cost of producing one additional unit of a good varies as the quantity produced changes.

Average-Total-Cost Curve

A curve that shows the average total cost of production at different levels of output, typically U-shaped due to economies and diseconomies of scale.

Average-Total-Cost Curve

A graphical representation showing how the average total cost of producing a good changes as the quantity produced changes.

Average-Fixed-Cost

The fixed costs of production divided by the quantity of output produced; it decreases as production increases.