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A nurse manager plans the fiscal budget and includes the salaries for two RNs for two 12-hour shifts with a patient census of 6 in the short-stay observation room. The nurse manager reviews the budget report 3 months later and notes that the salary expenses are higher than was budgeted because of higher than planned RN staff salaries. This additional RN staff is necessary to meet patient care needs because the census has remained constant at 10 patients rather than the 6 projected when the budget was developed. The difference between the planned budget and the actual cost is known as:  

When deciding whether and when a task should be completed, a nurse must:  

A patient is ordered a low-sodium, low-calorie diet but the patient’s family brings corned beef and bread in keeping with their holiday tradition.  The nurse works with the dietician to adjust the next few meals to accommodate for this variance.  What term should be used to identify this situation?

You are working on a team with another Registered Nurse (RN), two Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), and three Nursing Assistants (NAs). The RN should care for the patient    

Following report at the beginning of your shift, which patient should you see first?  A patient with   

Patients with heart failure have extended lengths of stay and are often readmitted shortly after they have been discharged. To improve quality of care, a type of “road map” that includes all elements of care for this disease and standardized treatment to guide daily care is implemented. This road map is referred to as a  

A versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear, popular during the Renaissance, was the ______.

During the Middle Ages, what institution was the center of musical life?

The ars nova or new art differed from older music in that ______.

The music the medieval monks sang was called _______.