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Cooldude101

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Place the items in the correct rank order from most important to least.
 
  1. Surfing the Internet to find a song
  2. Planning a staff meeting
  3. Assisting a family whose child is in the ER
  4. Calling to find replacement staff for a call-in
  5. Trying to organize the visitor take-out menus
  Trying to organize the visitor take-out menus

Question 2

During discussion about the hospital's disaster plan, the administrator says, I am concerned about our current surge capacity. How should the members of the group interpret this concern?
 
  1. The administrator is worried about the ability of the hospital's electrical system to handle the power fluctuation common during physical disasters.
  2. The administrator is concerned that flood waters following a storm surge might overwhelm the hospital infrastructure.
  3. The administrator is worried about the hospital's ability to respond to a large influx of clients from a disaster.
  4. The administrator is concerned that a disaster would bring about the influx of media and frightened family.



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Answer to Question 1

3, 4, 2, 5, 1
Explanation: When prioritizing, urgent items must be attended to first, then important, non-urgent, busy work,
and finally wasted time.

Answer to Question 2

3
Rationale 1: In this context, surge capacity is not about electrical power.
Rationale 2: In this context, surge capacity is not about flood waters.
Rationale 3: Surge capacity, when discussed in disaster planning, describes the facility's ability to mobilize when suddenly confronted with a vast increase in client demand.
Rationale 4: In this context, surge capacity is not only about media and family.
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