A Nurse Is Part of the Policy Committee for a Hospital.The

A nurse is part of the policy committee for a hospital.The committee is provided with statistics indicating that patients participating in a satisfaction survey felt they lacked sufficient information about new drugs started while hospitalized and continued after discharge.In addition,charts noted high recidivism rates.The committee recommended that a formalized patient education plan be instituted to reconcile all medications and provide patient information about new medications.The committee is using which component of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2011 message?

A) Nurses should achieve higher levels of education to be effective members of an interdisciplinary team.
B) Nurses should have a minimum of a master's degree to sit on policy committees that affect an entire facility.
C) Pay for nurses should be consistent with that of physicians since the committee is interdisciplinary.
D) Policy is based on data,which provides the groundwork for decision making.