The nurse leader is referencing the American Nurses Association's nursing-sensitive quality indicators and knows that structure indicators include which element?

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Structure indicators refer to the organizational characteristics that can affect the quality of nursing care provided, such as staffing levels (hours of nursing care per patient), availability of resources, and nurse education and experience. A) Job satisfaction is a process indicator, reflecting the attitudes and feelings of nurses about their work environment. B) Changes in patient health-care status and D) Deliverance of nursing care are outcome indicators, reflecting the actual patient outcomes that result from the quality of nursing care provided.

The Nurse Leader Is Referencing the American Nurses Association's Nursing-Sensitive