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The LVN may be responsible for assisting a patient to eat, for recording a patient’s intake, for observing a patient for signs of poor nutrition, and for communicating any dietary concerns to the healthcare provider, dietitian, or other members of the health care team.  

You should never force the NGT if more than the slightest resistance is felt due to the potential for damage to the nasal mucosa.

Sycamore Plastics (SP) is a manufacturer of polyethylene plastic pellets used as a raw material by manufacturers of plastic goods around the U.S. SP currently operates four manufacturing centers in Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; St. Louis, MO; and Salt Lake City, UT. The plants have different capacities and production costs as indicated in the table below. PLANT MAXIMUM CAPACITY (X 100,000 LBS.) PROD. Costs (Per 1.000 LBS.) Philadelphia 7.5 $325.00 Atlanta 9.0 $275.00 St. Louis 12.0 $305.00 Salt Lake City 10.3 $250.00 SP currently has six contract customers located in New York City; Birmingham, AL; Terre Haute, IN; Dallas, TX; Spokane, WA; and San Diego, CA. Transportation costs between the plants and various customers, as well as contracted demand from each customer, are shown in the table below. TRANSPORT COSTS PER 1,000 LBS From/To NYC BIRMINGHAM TERRE HAUTE DALLAS SPOKANE SAN DIEGO Philadelphia $45 $52 $56 $62 $78 $85 Atlanta $55 $42 $58 $59 $80 $82 St. Louis $57 $60 $50 $54 $65 $70 Salt Lake City $72 $71 $87 $57 $52 $60 Total Demand (x 1 000 lbs.) 525 415 925 600 325 400 Assume denotes the shipping quantity from Plant A to contract customer B. For example, represents the quantity shipped from Salt Lake City to San Diego. What is the supply constraint with regard to the plant in Atlanta? A   B   C   D   E.   (Study Guide Question)

You are developing an X-bar chart based on sample means. You know the standard deviation of the sample means is 4, the desired confidence level is 99.7 percent, and the average of the sample means is 24. Which of the following is your UCL? (Class Example)

You have just used the capability index (Cpk) formulas to compute the two values “min [2, 2.5].” Which of the following is the proper interpretation of these numbers? (Class Example)

You want to determine the lower control line for a p-chart for quality control purposes. You take several samples of a size of 50 items in your production process. From the samples, you determine the fraction defective is 0.006 and the standard deviation is 0.001. If the desired confidence level is 99.7 percent, which of the following is the resulting LCL value for the line? (Textbook Question)

University A is undertaking a project described with the following information. Answer the following four questions. ACTIVITY IMMIDEIATE PREDICESSOR COMPLETION TIME (WEEKS) A — 3 B A 6 C A 10 D A 11 E B 8 F C,D 5 G E,F 6   The indirect costs are $400 if the project duration is 25 weeks. You can save $40 for every week you save from crashing the project. Without considering the cost, what is the shortest possible completion time? ACTIVITY NORMAL TIME NORMAL COST $ CRASH TIME CRASH COST $ A 3 50 2 70 B 6 80 4 160 C 10 60 9 90 D 11 50 7 150 E 8 100 6 160 F 5 40 4 70 G 6 70 6 70 (Study Guide Question)

The capacity focus concept can be put into practice through a mechanism called which of the following? (Textbook Question)

Plant A is located at the (X, Y) coordinates of (200, 500) and has a volume of shipping of 400 units a day. Plant B is located at the (X, Y) coordinates of (300, 100) and has a volume of shipping of 300 units a day. Using the centroid method, which of the following is the X coordinate for the new plant location?

A factory produces a part. The target diameter is 6 inches exactly, with an acceptable tolerance of ±.03 inches. The line supervisor for this product has data showing that the actual diameter of finished product is 5.99 inches with a standard deviation of .01 inches. What is the probability of producing a defective part? (Simpler Version of Study Guide Question)