Latent variables are involved in almost all kinds of regression models. In a broad sense, all additive error terms in regression models are latent variables simply because they are not measured in research. Hereafter, however, a narrower sense of latent variables is used when referring to latent variable models.
There are four common nursing care model s: functional nursing, team nursing, p rimary nursing, and case management nursing. T he two models of care used in. this study are the functional nursing and team nursing. Functional nursing is a model in which care is organized and provided according to th e. task.
The purpose of this research is to compare functional and team nursing models of care. delivery with nurse sensitive patient outcomes in an acute medical surgical unit. There is a real. need to redesign the wor k in the hospital so that the work can be accomplished with fewer nurses. and more efficiently.