A New Nurse Asks the Preceptor Why a Change-Of-Shift Report

question 30

Multiple Choice

A new nurse asks the preceptor why a change-of-shift report is important since care is documented in the chart.What is the preceptor's best response?

• A) "A hand-off report provides an opportunity to share essential information to ensure patient safety and continuity of care."
• B) "A change-of-shift report provides the oncoming nurse with data to help set priorities and establish reimbursement costs."
• C) "A hand-off report provides an opportunity for the oncoming nurse to ask questions and determine research priorities."
• D) "A change-of-shift report provides important information to caregivers and develops relationships within the health care team."

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The quantity of individual values or quantities assignable to a statistical distribution.

P Value

The probability of observing test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is correct.

Chi-square Statistic

A measure used in statistics to assess how expectations compare to actual observed data, particularly in the context of categorical variables.

Observed Frequencies

The actual number of occurrences of each category in statistical data.