How Do Practice Pattern Profiling and Nursing-Sensitive Patient Outcomes Research

question 6

Multiple Choice

How do practice pattern profiling and nursing-sensitive patient outcomes research relate to one another?

• A)The identification of nursing-sensitive patient outcomes is a type of practice pattern profiling. The purpose of both is to identify the outlier, so as to improve patient outcomes.
• B)Practice pattern profiling scrutinizes an individual in comparison with a group; nursing-sensitive patient outcomes research addresses nurses as a group, rather than as individuals.
• C)Both can identify variables that affect patient outcome.
• D)Both pose risk to the person who delivers care.
• E)Neither can be undertaken without signed consent from the participants.
• F)Both are types of outcomes research.

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