Exam 22: Budgeting, Productivity and Costing Out Nursing

Janice is going to give her patient a bath. She has the option of using prepackaged bathing wipes or a bath basin and washcloths. She chooses the bath basin and washcloths because she knows their performance is the same but they are less expensive. Janice's choice is an example of:

A measure of the severity of illness of an individual patient or the aggregate patient population on a unit is called _____.

In the past, health care organizations viewed nursing services as primarily a(n):

The process of identifying the specific costs related to the delivery of nursing care to each client so that nurses have data to identify the actual amount of services received is:

A(n) _____ is a written financial plan aimed at controlling the allocation of resources.

The operating budget covers a specific period, called a _____ year.

Staff nurses' involvement in budgeting is essential because they:

A(n) _____ is the difference between the budgeted and the actual amounts.

The phases of the budget process are (select all that apply):

The costs or prices of activities undertaken in the organization's operations are called:

Mary is the manager of the critical care unit. She would like to hire a wound care nurse for the unit. The type of organizational budget Mary would use to ensure she can hire the new nurse is called the _____ budget.

Charge minus cost equals:

For the first time, four generations of nurses are employed at once in the workforce. The generation that is generally described as hardworking and being uncomfortable with change is the:

Budgeting focuses on money as a(n):

The key advantage of activity-based costing is:

The incorporation of economic evaluation into clinical practice is important to productivity because:

A _____ cost occurs when the amount used varies based on the volume of service provided.

The relationship between output and the goods and services used to produce them is called:

A staff nurse's accurate recording of all services and supplies used to provide care to each client in her assignment is necessary for determining calculations used in which of the following budgets?

The management team of a large hospital is attempting to identify the specific cost of providing nursing services. This process is known as: