BOOK: Houser, J. (2018). Nursing research: Reading, using, and creating evidence (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. (must be used and cited)
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The Assignment Access the following information. You may read the PDF online or download it.
American Nurses Association. (2014). Fast facts: The nursing workforce 2014: Growth, salaries, education, demographics & trends. ANA. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/globalassets/practiceandpolicy/workforce/fastfacts_nsgjobgrowth-salaries_updated8-25-15.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Review the data presented in the ANA Fast Facts and describe some of the key attributes/characteristics of this sample of the nursing workforce. Discuss some of the data that you found interesting; include what you believe the purpose (intent) The instruments and tools that we use to collect data need to be reliable and valid. Define these to way that can be used to collect data that you were not aware of or familiar with.