Sentinel Event Alerts Are Published by TJC to Do Which

question 24

Multiple Choice

Sentinel Event Alerts are published by TJC to do which of the following?

• A) Allow facilities to learn from sentinel events that have occurred in other facilities and incorporate recommendations for prevention into their policies.
• B) Notify hospitals that if a sentinel event occurs during an alert, the hospital will be subject to withdrawal of Medicare and Medicaid certification and reimbursement.
• C) Prevent a near-miss from occurring.
• D) Assist hospitals to find national standardized performance measures to benchmark themselves against other similar hospitals.

Calculate the intended weight gain or loss and convert between kilograms and pounds.

Estimate and verify the reasonableness of dosage calculations.

Understand and apply the formula method for dosage calculation.

Identify the category to which different accounts belong

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Definitions:

Level of Significance

The level of significance is a threshold set by the researcher to determine the cutoff at which the null hypothesis can be rejected, commonly represented by alpha (α).

T-statistic

A statistical measure used to analyze the difference between two group means in relation to the variance observed within the groups.

Alpha

Alpha, often represented as α, is the threshold probability of committing a Type I Error, typically set at 0.05 or 5% in hypothesis testing.

T-statistic

The T-statistic is a ratio used in hypothesis testing that compares the difference between an observed sample mean and a known value, to the standard error of the mean.