The major purpose of a Nursing Workforce Center is to:
A. Mandate policy regarding pa-tient–healthcare provider ratios.
B. Develop all self-care procedures that can be performed by the patients and families at their homes to prevent health-care pro-viders from making home visits.
C. Conduct health services research.
D. Develop palliative care medication framework for dying patients with pain.
ANS: C
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A Incorrect because Nursing Workforce Centers do not mandate patient–provider ratios.
B Incorrect because the purpose of the Nursing Workforce Centers is not to ne-gate home-care visits to patients who need care.
C Correct because the main purpose of the Nursing Workforce Center is to conduct health services research.
D Incorrect because the Nursing Workforce Centers do not engage in developing me-dication frameworks.
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