Who Defines the Standards of Care for the Practice of Nursing

question 20

Multiple Choice

Who defines the standards of care for the practice of nursing? (Select all that apply.)

• A) State boards of nursing
• B) Hospital policy and procedures
• C) Federal laws regulating healthcare facilities
• D) The Joint Commission
• E) Professional nursing associations

Identify measures of central location and their sensitivity to extreme values.

Describe the relationship between distribution shape and the location of the mean in a histogram.

Compute and analyze the mode in a given data set.

Understand the concept of modes in uniquely valued data sets.

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Definitions:

Control

In the context of business, control refers to the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities, often achieved through ownership of more than half of the voting rights or otherwise.

Dividends

Payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members, usually derived from profits.

Mergers

The voluntary amalgamation of two or more corporations to form a new entity, sharing resources, liabilities, and profits.