Insurance companies use DRGs to determine

A) if the patient has recovered from his or her condition.
B) the efficiency of the hospital staff.
C) how many hospital days they will pay for.
D) what potential risks may harm the patient.


C

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Linda is a 29-year-old who had excruciating pain which started under her lower ribs on the right side. The pain eventually moved to her lateral abdomen and then into her right lower quadrant. Which is most likely, given this presentation?

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It appears that many nurses use avoidance to manage conflict. However, this does not generally resolve the problem because:

A. Avoiding will generate a win-win situa-tion. B. Avoiding a conflict ultimately causes ten-sion among team members and negatively influences the care environment. C. Most staff are not capable of fully avoid-ing or ignoring a problem and so they be-gin to compromise with the other group, which yields a win-win situation. D. Most problems that are ignored generally improve with time.

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