Prior to Going on the First Clinical Practicum, the Student

question 11

Multiple Choice

Prior to going on the first clinical practicum, the student nurse needs to identify factors that increase the risk of human error. Which of the following would be of primary concern for this student?

• A) Being late for a shift.
• B) Stress.
• C) Workplace design.
• D) Capacity for doing a single task at a time.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points, indicating how much the data varies from the average of that set.

Outliers

Observations in a dataset that significantly differ from the other data points, often indicating variability or errors.

1.5*IQR

A statistical calculation used to identify outliers. It involves multiplying the interquartile range (IQR) by 1.5 and applying this value above the upper quartile and below the lower quartile.

3*IQR

A statistical range calculated as three times the interquartile range (IQR), used to identify outliers by delineating the boundaries beyond which data points are considered exceptional.