A 21 year old female is new to your practice and is being se…

A 21 year old female is new to your practice and is being seen for management of her recently prescribed  Bupropion (Wellbutrin).  As a APRN, you know that there are various side effects and contraindications. You would educate this patient that all of the following are true except ?

A flow unit is generally associated with the inputs of a pro…

A flow unit is generally associated with the inputs of a process. Hint: think about cookies. The inputs are ingredients including the flour. The process is making cookies. The output is cookie.  When we do process analysis, do we count the number of cookies or do we count the number of flours?

A community health system’s nurse team consists of 12 nurses…

A community health system’s nurse team consists of 12 nurses working in the local community. It takes a nurse 1.5 hours to complete one patient visit (including travel times and breaks). What is the capacity of the nurse team over the course of a 9-hour workday? Hint: the capacity = 1/processing time. What is the capacity of 1 nurse per hour? capacity per hour = 1 / processing time What is the capacity of 1 nurse per day? How many hours in a workday? capacity per day = capacity per hour * (how many hours per day). What is the capacity of 12 nurses? Capacity per day * 12 nurses.

A clinical trial accepts 2000 new patients each month. Half…

A clinical trial accepts 2000 new patients each month. Half of the patients are taking a placebo for 3 months. How many patients are taking the placebo on average at any given time? Hint: use Little’s Law: Inventory = Flow Rate * Flow time. Flow rate = number of patients per unit of time (month). How many patients each month? Note: among these patients, how many are taking the placebo? Flow time: how many months here?