Cost-containment is the responsibility of every health care provider.

The nurse-manager may be directly involved in the fiscal planning of three major types of budgets. Match the type of budget with the most accurate definition.  The largest of the budget expenditures is the workforce or personnel budget because health care is labor-intensive. Next to personnel costs, supplies are typically the second most significant component in the hospital budget. Often, the designation of capital equipment requires that the value of the equipment exceed a certain dollar amount. That dollar amount will vary from institution to institution, but $5,000 is common. Managers are usually required to complete specific capital equipment request forms to justify their request.

The unit’s patient IV infection rates have increased this past 2 quarters. The Clinical Nurse Specialist and unit’s clinical task force must develop a plan to best reduce the number of patient IV infections on their adult acute care medical-surgical unit. In order to improve the quality of care and implement the best evidence based practice, the team will follow the 8 A’s of EBP by Brown & Ecoff (Ecoff & Davidson). According to this model, the team must follow these next steps in order after Appraising the evidence on the new best clinical practice. 

Which qualities describe Helen Burns? (select all that apply)

Jane advertises for a governess position and is hired to teach __________

What does Jane say she heard just before discovering the fire?  

Why is the effect of first-person narration in Jane Eyre?

Jane is sent to the _________ as punishment for her behavior toward John Reed.

Explain the concepts of dynamic equilibrium and thresholds within the context of geomorphology. Be sure to explain how they are related to each other. 

You collect bedrock samples across a normal fault and analyze them using (U-Th)/He apatite. You get the following dates:  Which of the following can you conclude?