What Is the Importance of Using Classification Systems for Nursing

question 13

Multiple Choice

What is the importance of using classification systems for nursing nomenclature to describe nursing practice?

• A)To provide a system to develop and use a patient care management system
• B)To allow nursing administration to project,define,and implement nursing care policies and guidelines
• C)To assist the quality control team to survey and gather data that will reflect the acuity classification of patients
• D)To facilitate collection of consistent data that can be accurately manipulated in an electronic medical record

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Definitions:

Standard Deviations

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a central or typical value for a set of data, commonly represented by the mean, median, or mode.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, effectively dividing the dataset into two halves.

Regression Toward

A statistical phenomenon that describes how extreme scores on a variable tend to be closer to the average on subsequent measurements.