A New Graduate Is Asked to Serve on the Hospital's

question 12

Multiple Choice

A new graduate is asked to serve on the hospital's quality improvement (QI) committee.The nurse understands that the first step in quality improvement is to:

• A)Collect data to determine whether standards are being met.
• B)Implement a plan to correct the problem.
• C)Identify the standard.
• D)Determine whether the findings warrant correction.

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Definitions:

F Distribution

A probability distribution used in analysis of variance (ANOVA), among other tests, describing the ratio of variances from two normally distributed populations.

Symmetrical

A characteristic of shapes, graphs, or distributions in which the two halves mirror each other when divided by a central line or point.

Non-Negative

A term to describe numbers that are both positive and zero, but not negative.

Chi-Squared Distribution

A probability distribution that arises in statistics as the distribution of the sum of the squares of k independent standard normal random variables.