It is expected that future acuity patient classification systems will correlate nursing intervention activities with ____
a. Patient outcomes
b. Nursing report cards
c. Workload categories
d. Discharge needs
A
Data-informed nursing classification systems are expected to be multidimensional. They will in-corporate nursing intervention activities, including acuity, nursing caseload, workload acuity, and multiple levels of nursing-sensitive indicators and correlate them with patient outcomes. Nursing report cards are used for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing care. Workload categories are incorporated into the nursing intervention activities. Discharge needs is an incorrect response.
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