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e- based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse
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e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development
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2. Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hos
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pital, in order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The dogs’ level
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of orientation will not be a focus of the research.) This type of study can do which of the f
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ollowing?
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specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The resea
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3. A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on a ped
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iatric ward will require more hours of nursing care than average children when the parents
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or caregivers are not present. What type of research outcome does this provide?
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a. Control
b. Description
c. Explantation
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specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The resea
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4. A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-
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y utilize which form of nursing research?
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b. Outcomes research $d
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methodology to describe variables, test relationships, and examine cause-and-
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nships among them. Outcomes research examines the end result of care in huge populations,
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5. Despite the presence of an intraventricular drain, the intracranial pressure of an ICU neuro
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patient remains increased. The nurse recalibrates the machine, makes sure the monitor is on
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the same level as the drain, checks all connections, and then notifies the physician, who co
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mes to the unit and inserts a new drain. What type of reasoning prompts the nurse to recali
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brate, ensure proper placement, and check connections?
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6. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patien
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7. A nurse with considerable clinical expertise develops a policy for managing agitated patien
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selecting solutions to the problem, and (3) resolving the problem. Operational reasoning in
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he relationships among the parts can also be.
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8. What is the best explanation of intuition that forms a legitimate source of knowledge
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in nursing?
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c. It is never inaccurate.
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9. Why is operational reasoning necessary for research?
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e. Mentors PhD researchers in the clinical setting during protocol development
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2. Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hos
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pital, in order to determine the effect upon the elders’ level of orientation. (The dogs’ level
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3. A researcher wants to find out whether children with autism who are hospitalized on a ped
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a. Control
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4. A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-
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y utilize which form of nursing research?
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brate, ensure proper placement, and check connections?
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8. What is the best explanation of intuition that forms a legitimate source of knowledge
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in nursing?
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