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clippers! · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Health care professionals are affected by increasing health care costs. Why might nurses be most directly influenced by cost control?

a. They constitute a large percentage of the health care budget.
b. They achieve higher salary levels than do other health care professionals.
c. They provide direct client care without reimbursement.
d. They deliver the least cost-effective care.

Question 2

Which one of the following statements related to cognitive functioning in the older adult patient is true?

a. Reversible systemic disorders are often implicated as a cause of delirium.
b. Cognitive deterioration is an inevitable outcome of aging.
c. Delirium is easily distinguished from irreversible dementia.
d. Intoxication from therapeutic drugs is a common cause of senile dementia.

wilsonbho · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Nursing typically makes up the largest employment group within the system. To save money, an organization may hire fewer nurses and more less-educated technical staff, placing greater re-sponsibility on the nurse.
Nurses do not necessarily achieve higher salary levels than other health care professionals.
The impact of cost control on nurses is not the result of providing care without direct reim-bursement from the client.
Nurses do not deliver the least cost-effective care. Many negative and costly outcomes may be avoided when patients are under the direct care of a registered nurse.

Answer to Question 2

A

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A Delirium is a potentially reversible cognitive impairment that is often due to a physiological cause such as an electrolyte imbalance, cerebral anoxia, hypoglycemia, medications, tumours, cerebrovascular infection, or hemorrhage.
B Cognitive deterioration is not an inevitable outcome of aging.
C Delirium is not always easily distinguishable from irreversible dementia. Because of the close resemblance between delirium and dementia, the presence of delirium must be ruled out whenever dementia is suspected.
D The cause of senile dementia is not known. Medications and drug effects can cause delirium.