A nursing instructor asks a student what discoveries are attributable to Florence Nightingale. The instructor determines that further teaching is needed if the student responds:
a. the need to monitor health care practitioners.
b. the importance of structuring hospitals around care.
c. the importance of collecting and using data for quality assessment.
d. the importance of being informed regarding the activities of government policymakers.
B
Nightingale is credited with a variety of discoveries related to health care such as the importance of
structuring hospitals around nursing care (not merely care), the need to monitor/be informed regarding
health care practitioners and government policymakers, and the importance of collecting and using
data for quality assessment.
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