Nurses Must Be Valued and Committed Partners in Making Policy

question 13

Multiple Choice

Nurses must be valued and committed partners in making policy, directing and evaluating clinical care, and leading organizational operations. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses refers to this standard as:

• A)appropriate staffing.
• B)authentic leadership.
• C)effective decision making.
• D)skilled communication.

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Definitions:

Statistical Conclusions

Inferences or deductions made from statistical tests about the data or population parameters.

Critical F Value

A critical value used in the analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests, determining whether to reject the null hypothesis based on the F-distribution.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values in a statistical calculation that are free to vary.

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistics that proposes there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the starting point for testing.