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,TEST BANK FOR PRIMARY CARE ART AND SCIENCE OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING – AN
INTERPROFESSIONAL APPROACH 6TH EDITION DUNPHY
Chapter 1. Primary Care in the Twenty-First Century: A Circle of Caring
1. A nurse has conducted a literature review in an effort to identify the effect of
handwashi ng on the incidence of nosocomial (hospital-
acquired) infections in acute care settings. An article presented findings at a level of
significance of <0.01. This indicates that
A) The control group and the experimental group were more than 99% similar.
B) The findings of the study have less than 1% chance of being attributable to chance.
C) The effects of the intervention were nearly zero.
D) The clinical significance of the findings was less than 1:100.
Ans: B
Feedback: The level of significance is the level at which the researcher believes that the
study results most likely represent a no chance event. A level of significance of <0.01
indicates that there is less than 1% probability that the result is due to chance.
2. A nurse has read a qualitative research study in order to understand the lived
experience of parents who have a neonatal loss. Which of the following questions should
the nurse prioritize when appraising the results of this study?
,A) How well did the authors capture the personal experiences of these parents?
B) How well did the authors control for confounding variables that may have
affected the findings?
C) Did the authors use statistical measures that were appropriate to the
phenomenon in question?
D) Were the instruments that the researchers used statistically valid and reliable?
Ans: A
Feedback: Qualitative studies are judged on the basis of how well they capture and convey
the su bjective experiences of individuals. Statistical measures and variables are not
dimensions of a quali tative methodology.
3. A nurse has expressed skepticism to a colleague about the value of nursing
research, cla iming that nursing research has little relevance to practice. How can the
nurses colleague best de fend the importance of nursing research?
, A) The existence of nursing research means that nurses are now able to access
federal grant money, something that didnt use to be the case.
B) Nursing research has allowed the development of masters and doctoral programs
and has greatly increased the credibility of the profession.
C) The growth of nursing research has caused nursing to be viewed as a true
profession, rather than simply as a trade or a skill.
D) The application of nursing research has the potential to improve nursing
practice and patient outcomes.
,TEST BANK FOR PRIMARY CARE ART AND SCIENCE OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING – AN
INTERPROFESSIONAL APPROACH 6TH EDITION DUNPHY
Chapter 1. Primary Care in the Twenty-First Century: A Circle of Caring
1. A nurse has conducted a literature review in an effort to identify the effect of
handwashi ng on the incidence of nosocomial (hospital-
acquired) infections in acute care settings. An article presented findings at a level of
significance of <0.01. This indicates that
A) The control group and the experimental group were more than 99% similar.
B) The findings of the study have less than 1% chance of being attributable to chance.
C) The effects of the intervention were nearly zero.
D) The clinical significance of the findings was less than 1:100.
Ans: B
Feedback: The level of significance is the level at which the researcher believes that the
study results most likely represent a no chance event. A level of significance of <0.01
indicates that there is less than 1% probability that the result is due to chance.
2. A nurse has read a qualitative research study in order to understand the lived
experience of parents who have a neonatal loss. Which of the following questions should
the nurse prioritize when appraising the results of this study?
,A) How well did the authors capture the personal experiences of these parents?
B) How well did the authors control for confounding variables that may have
affected the findings?
C) Did the authors use statistical measures that were appropriate to the
phenomenon in question?
D) Were the instruments that the researchers used statistically valid and reliable?
Ans: A
Feedback: Qualitative studies are judged on the basis of how well they capture and convey
the su bjective experiences of individuals. Statistical measures and variables are not
dimensions of a quali tative methodology.
3. A nurse has expressed skepticism to a colleague about the value of nursing
research, cla iming that nursing research has little relevance to practice. How can the
nurses colleague best de fend the importance of nursing research?
, A) The existence of nursing research means that nurses are now able to access
federal grant money, something that didnt use to be the case.
B) Nursing research has allowed the development of masters and doctoral programs
and has greatly increased the credibility of the profession.
C) The growth of nursing research has caused nursing to be viewed as a true
profession, rather than simply as a trade or a skill.
D) The application of nursing research has the potential to improve nursing
practice and patient outcomes.
