A nurse manager designs a research study to examine nurse workload stress, work shift, number of years in the nursing profession, number of medication errors, patient falls, and after-shift overtime, as they relate to one another. What is the most likely method the manager will use to study this?

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Multilevel analysis is the most suitable method for this study because it allows for the examination of data that is organized at more than one level (e.g., individual nurses and their work shifts), which is necessary to understand the complex relationships between nurse workload stress, work shift, years in the profession, medication errors, patient falls, and after-shift overtime.

A Nurse Manager Designs a Research Study to Examine Nurse