The Nurse Identifies Errors and Hazards in a Care Environment

question 15

Multiple Choice

The nurse identifies errors and hazards in a care environment and implements basic safety to reduce the likelihood of an adverse event. Which of the following core competencies is this nurse implementing?

• A) Provide patient-centered care
• B) Apply quality improvement
• C) Employ evidence-based practice
• D) Utilize informatics

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Definitions:

Statistics

The science of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data.

Data Collection

The process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest in a systematic fashion.

Random Assignment

A method used in experiments to assign subjects randomly to either the treatment or control group to eliminate bias.

Independent Variable

The factor in an experiment that is deliberately changed or manipulated to observe its effect on a dependent variable.