A nurse completes a cost accounting study on a program which targets obese adults, helping them to adopt healthier lifestyle choices. The nurse would like to compare the cost of the program to the
cost-savings in the health care system by preventing the occurrence of chronic illnesses. Which type of study would be most appropriate to use in this situation?
a. Cost-accounting study
b. Cost-benefit study
c. Cost-effectiveness study
d. Cost-efficiency study
ANS: B
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You are assisting in the care of a hospice patient. While giving the patient a bath you note an area on the sacrum that appears to be dried stool. You gently wash it over and over but it does not come off. It is about the size of a quarter and you are sure it was not there yesterday. What are the implications and what do you do?
What will be an ideal response?
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