Determine the total nursing costs assigned to each patient category. Output is measured in patient days. Assuming that the normal patient category uses 8,000 patient days and the intensive patient category uses 6,400 patient days, calculate the nursing cost per patient day for each type of patient. Conceptual connection: The supervisor of the surgical ward has suggested that patient days in the only driver needed to assign nursing costs to each type of patient. Calculate the charge per patient day using this approach. Solution 1. Cost assigned: Normal = 7900×4+4800×5+32000×2+6000×3 = $137,600 Intensive = 8500×4+19100×5+80000×2+72000×3 = $505,500 2. Normal = $17.2 per patient day Intensive = $78.98 per patient day 3. Charge per patient day: = ($137,600+$505,500)÷(8,000+6,400) = $44.66.