A Nurse Administrator Is at a Meeting with Nurses on the Quality

Multiple Choice

A nurse administrator is at a meeting with nurses on the quality council.Several new members are sitting on the council.They ask the nurse administrator to clarify what a nursing-sensitive outcome is.Which response by the nurse administrator best defines nursing-sensitive outcomes?

A) "Nursing-sensitive outcomes determine the patient's progress as a result of prescribed treatments, such as medications."
B) "Patient falls is an example of a nursing-sensitive outcome because they are directly affected by nursing interventions."
C) "Nursing-sensitive outcomes promote universal health care."
D) "We use nursing-sensitive outcomes at this hospital to evaluate nursing tasks and to determine safe staffing ratios."