Statistics in the workplace
Statistical Methods
Mrs. Barry
Statistic in Nursing
Working in the healthcare field requires critical thinking, analysis and observational studies on patient’s health in order to use the most appropriate treatment for the patient. Nursing involves protection, compassion, and abilities to reduce illnesses and injuries. Also, enhancing diagnosis and treatment of human response, and providing support in the care of individuals and families (Crosta, 2013). But, how does the nursing profession pertain to Statistics? Nursing requires statistics when a nurse is analyzing a patient’s health data, and by using Nightingale legacy to treat illnesses.
When nurses are trying to research measures of knowledge, emotion and cognitive behaviors of individuals they turn to Statistics. This approach targets the self-reported observation of individuals and the commonly used measures of patient’s perceptions on different aspects of healthcare (Rattray, 2005). When a nurse is developing a questionnaire to the patient, the questions are made in a way that require the respondents to answer to a series of questions or statements regarding their health status and background. The responses are then formed into a statistical analysis (Rattray, 2005).
The main benefit of collecting health data is to identify relevant and acceptable information for correct diagnosis and treatment (Rattray, 2005). For instance, a nurse is asking a patient a series of question about their family history of diseases and hospitalizations. This helps the nurse categorize and narrow down the correct treatment on the patient. Which makes statistical method a helpful resource for the nurse to apply on the job to patients. Nightingale’s achievements focused on challenges that helped social reforms in health care and nursing. She was the first female nurse to come up with ideas that reduce patient illnesses during