The nurse is caring for a client post Valve Replacement via left femoral artery. The nurse elevates the head of the bed to the maximum of 30 degrees. The client asked if their head of bed could go higher. The nurse stated, “No.”  What is the best rationale the nurse should tell the client in not further raising the head of bed? 

Examples of questions that local legislative bodies and citizens should pose about a potential property tax abatement agreement for attracting a given firm include:

A humid southern city has a public beach that is open from 6am-10pm every day of the year.  The city’s parks and recreation department wants to increase the number of lifeguards posted every day  from 6am-10pm from the current level of 4 guards at all points in time to a new level of 7 guards at all points in time.  Assume that the city cannot use overtime from the current force nor can it hire temporary per diem workers to fill this gap. Roughly, how many additional fulltime 8-hour five day per week lifeguard positions would the department probably need to request?  (think about the operating budget assignment)

Which of the following would not be a primary concern of a traditional financial audit as defined in the lecture for Module 5?

Capital budgets for a school district typically include items such as:

Most states (unlike localities) have a distinct “Rainy Day” or Budget Stabilization Fund.  Such a fund is:

University science programs often apply for research grants from the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health.  Who succeeds in obtaining funding depends upon administrative review of competing applications.  Thus, this is an example of:

The corporate income tax is:

The nurse is caring for a client after having a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery.  The nurse assesses the chest tubes and mediastinal tubes. The nurse is concerned about the chest tube that it is not draining properly and possibly mal-positioned. The client also appears having increasingly shortness of breath.  The nurse should notify the provider and recommend an order for:  

Sometimes one results/effectiveness indicator (i.e., measure)  is considered important because of its perceived impact on another results/effectiveness indicator further down the causal chain. Consider a city fire department.  Which indicator (s)  is/are results/effectiveness indicator(s)  that may affect the results/effectiveness indicator of total building property dollar loss in a year from fire: