A hospital is in the process of implementing an AaC system. A pilot study is being done to assess the effects of the costiny changes on specific producta. Of particular Interest is the cost of caring for patients who recelve in-patient recovery treatment for illness, surgery (noncardiac), and injury. Thise patients are housed on the thild and fourth floors of the hospital, The fioors are dedicated to pathent care and have only nursing stations and patient rooms. A partial transeript of an interview with the hospital's nursing supervisor is as follows: 1. How many nurses are in the hospital? There are 101 nurses, including me. 2. Of these 100 nurses, how many are assigned to the third and fourth foors? Filty nurses are assigned to these two floors: 3. What do these nurses do (olease describe)? Provide nursing care for patients, which, as you know, means answering questions, changing bandapes, administering medicine, thanging chothes, etc 4. And what do you do? I supervise and coordinate al the nursing octivity in the hospital. This includes surgery, matemity, the eniergency room, and the two foors you mentianed. 5. What other lodging and care activities are done for the third and fourth foors by persons other than the nurses? The patients must be fed. The hospital careteria delivers meals. The laundry department picis up dirty ciothing and bedoing ance each shift. The floors abso have a physical therapist assigned to provide care on a physidan-directed basis. 6. Do patients use any equipment? Yes, Mostby monitoring equipment. 7. Who or what ises tha inctivity.nutmue? 6. Do patients use any equipment? Yes. Mostly monitoring equipment. 7. Who or what ures the activity output? Padents. But there are different kinds of patients. On these two floors, we ciastily aatlents into three categories accarding to severity: intensive care, intormediate cave, and normal cave. The more severe the Uliness, the mare activity is used. Nurses spend much more time with intermediate care patients than with normal care. The mare severe patients tend to use more of the laundry service as well, Their ciothing and bedding need to be changed more frequeviey, an the other hand, severe patients ise fess food. They eat fewer meals. Typically, we measure each patient type by the number of dibs of hospital stay. And you have to realice that the same potient conenbutes to each type of product. Required: Prepare an activity dictionary with three categories: activity name, activity description, and activity driver, Activity Name. Providing nursing care Suporvising nurses Feedind patients Launoering bedding and ciothes Providing ptiysical therapy Monitaring patients 2 more Check My Work unes romaining plysical theraplst assigned to provice care on a physidan-directed basie. 6. Dopatients use any equipment? Yes. Mostly manitoring ecuipment 7. Who or what uses the activity output? Poticots. But there are different kinds of natienta. On these fwo floors, we clastiry patients into thirce categories acconding to severity intensive care, intermedate care, and normal care. The more severe the ilhess, the more activity is used. Nurses spend moch move time with infermedlate care patients than with normal care. The mare severe potients tend to use more of the laundry service as well. Their clothing and beoding need to be changev more frequently. On the other hand, sevire patients use less food. They eat fewer meals. Fypicalif. we meaiture each patient boe by the number of days of hospitat stay. And you havo to realine that ene same patient contributes to each type of product. Requireds Prepare an activity dictionary with throe categones: activily neme, actwity description, and octivity dryec. 2 more Check My Work uses remaining
