It Is Important That Nurses Are Involved in Health Policy

question 9

Multiple Choice

It is important that nurses are involved in health policy because:

• A) Government and policy have a large impact on nursing and health.
• B) Policy affects nursing values as set forth by Florence Nightingale.
• C) Political science is a course of study that parallels nursing.
• D) Nurses must interpret laws to fit their practice.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution without violating any constraints.

Population Means

Population means refer to the average value of a particular characteristic in a population.

Numerator

The top number in a fraction, indicating how many parts of the whole or collection are being considered.

Denominator

The bottom number in a fraction, indicating into how many parts the whole is divided.