Provision 2: “The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group or community.”
In a changing medical world that is continually advancing and demanding more from all involved, priorities can get mixed up and patients can be forgotten. Consider the following two scenarios.
Scenario 1: A 10-year-old child has suffered a motor vehicle accident. Due to multiple traumas associated with the injury, the patient is now ventilator-dependent, G-tube dependent, and shows little activity on the EKG beyond consistent seizures. (This means the patient cannot breathe on his own, cannot eat on his own, and brain testing shows little activity, but confirms frequent seizure activity). The mother of the child is ready to withdrawal care for palliation purposes. The father is committed to providing every medical intervention possible to sustain the child’s life.
Question #1 Who is the nurse responsible for in this scenario, the patient, the parents, or both? Who is “right” in this scenario, the mother or the father? You must pick a side and build an argument to support your answer, credit will not be given if you do not pick a side, and there is no middle ground. Can the nurse be truly objective in this situation? How could the emotions of the nurse affect patient care?
Scenario 2: A 17-year-old patient has Duchenne muscular dystrophy complicated with multi-organ failure. The patient is neurologically alert but again has entered multi-organ failure. From a medical perspective, there is no way to save the patient’s life. The 17-year-old patient will die soon. The parents have decided to not tell the patient about the decline in his condition. Instead, they have asked the medical staff to stay upbeat and optimistic, encouraging the patient to work toward getting better.
Question #2
Is the nurse ethically obligated to tell the patient about the decline in his condition, or is the nurse ethically obligated to honor the parents’ wishes? Again, pick a side, build an argument, and articulate your perspective.
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Variable and Absorption Costing—Three Products Shoes R' Us, Inc. manufactures and sells three types of shoes. The income statements prepared under the absorption costing method for the three shoes are as follows: Shoes R' Us, Inc. Product Income Statements—Absorption Costing For the Year Ended December 31, 2016 Athletic Shoes Casual Shoes Work Shoes Revenues $405,200 $239,100 $198,500 Cost of goods sold 210,700 117,200 133,000 Gross profit $194,500 $121,900 $65,500 Selling and administrative expenses 167,300 87,800 109,400 Income from operations $27,200 $34,100 $-43,900 In addition, you have determined the following information with respect to allocated fixed costs: Athletic Shoes Casual Shoes Work Shoes Fixed costs: Cost of goods sold $64,800 $31,100 $27,800 Selling and administrative expenses 48,600 28,700 27,800 These fixed costs are used to support all three product lines. In addition, you have determined that the inventory is negligible. The management of the company has deemed the profit performance of the work shoe line as unacceptable. As a result, it has decided to eliminate the work shoe line. Management does not expect to be able to increase sales in the other two lines. However, as a result of eliminating the work shoe line, management expects the profits of the company to increase by $43,900.
a. Are management’s decision and conclusions correct? Management’s decision and conclusion are incorrect . The profit will not be improved because the fixed costs used in manufacturing and selling work shoes will not be avoided if the line is eliminated.
b. Prepare a variable costing income statement for the three products. If a net loss is incurred, enter that amount as a negative number using a minus sign. Enter all other amounts as positive numbers
.c. Use the report in (b) to determine the profit impact of eliminating the work shoe line, assuming no other changes. If the work shoe line were eliminated, then the contribution margin of the product line would be eliminated and the fixed costs would not be eliminated. Thus, the profit of the company would actually decline by $_ ?
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Please respond with 200-250 words. Thanks
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Tru-Green Industries has two product lines of sprinklers that it manufactures: Oscillating and Rotary. The following is an income statement for each of the two product lines and for the total company for the year ended December 31, 2019:
|
Oscillating |
Rotary |
Total |
|
|
Sales |
$745,000 |
$695,000 |
$1,440,000 |
|
Cost of Goods Sold |
(503,000) |
(512,500) |
(1,015,500) |
|
Sales Commission |
(47,000) |
(44,000) |
(91,000) |
|
Contribution Margin |
195,000 |
138,500 |
333,500 |
|
Advertising expense (specific to each individual segment) |
(27,000) |
(7,500) |
(34,500) |
|
General Fixed Operations Expense |
(45,000) |
(30,000) |
(75,000) |
|
Operating income |
$123,000 |
$101,000 |
$224,000 |
Tru-Green Industries has a desired rate of return of 10%. Operating assets for each product line and the total operating assets for the company for 2019 are as follow:
|
Product Line |
Operating Assets |
|
Oscillating |
$940,000 |
|
Rotary |
$975,000 |
|
Total |
$1,915,000 |
Required:
What is the return on investment for each product line and for the entire company?
What is the margin for each product line and for the company?
Which product line is most profitable and why?
What is the residual income of each product line and of the entire company?
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