The purpose of the Task Force on Nursing Practice in Hospitals, established in 1983 by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), was to:
a. monitor quality improvement initiatives
b. track medical errors
c. assess patient safety
d. identify characteristics for retaining hospital nurses
D
AAN established a Task Force on Nursing Practice in 1983 . The purpose of this task force was to identify key workplace characteristics that were instrumental in the recruitment and retention of hospital nurses. The result of this task force was the development of the Magnet Recognition Program, which identified facilities that demonstrated high nurse satisfaction, low nurse staff turnover, and low nurse vacancy rates.
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