Which characteristic of nursing process is responsible for proper utilization of human resources, time and cost resources?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Efficiency (C) in the nursing process ensures proper use of resources time, staff, costs per management principles. Organized/systematic (A) structures, humanistic (B) cares, effective (D) achieves goals. C targets resource optimization, making it correct.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Mr. Gary's pain in his amputated left leg is phantom pain (D), a sensation in a missing limb, per neurological phenomena post-amputation. Acute (A) and chronic (B) relate to time, not absence. Referred (C) is mislocated from source. Phantom pain, common after limb loss, arises from nerve endings, making D the correct type.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Loss of sphincter control causing uncontrolled urination and bowel movement is incontinence (B), per medical terminology common in dying. Enuresis (A) is urinary-specific, diarrhea (C) and constipation (D) are bowel states, not control loss. B encompasses both, matching end-of-life loss, making it correct.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Including the family in care (C) is true enhances support, dignity, per hospice care principles. Banning talk (A) stifles, dynamics shift (B), and no role (D) dismisses involvement. C aligns with family-centered care, making it correct.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Nonmaleficence is avoiding harm (B), per ethics 'do no harm' (e.g., safe meds). Doing good (A) is beneficence, fairness (C) justice, decision respect (D) autonomy. B truly defines nonmaleficence's protective role, making it correct.