You are the nurse manager for a not-for-profit health service for the homeless and for drug users in an impoverished neighborhood. As the manager, your concern about sustainability is related to:
a. The possibility of violence.
b. An increase in prescription drugs available for abuse.
c. Decisions of the public board.
d. An increase in uncompensated care events.
D
Public and non-profit hospitals are tax exempt and have a concomitant responsibility to provide mandated community service such as delivering care to the poor and indigent. To keep a non-profit status, facilities must make a good-faith effort to provide community service and charity care Non-profit organizations located in impoverished urban and rural areas are often economically disadvantaged by the amount of uncompensated care that they provide.
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