Use of the Poisson Distribution Is a Helpful Tool That Is Underused in Nursing Practice

Conclusion:

Use of the Poisson distribution can help nurses make better informed decisions about observed variations in care, especially when the data are not normally distributed, and can prevent undue concern when fluctuations in the number of events are associated with random fluctuations.

Source: Journal of Nursing Care Quality - May 26, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Articles Source Type: research