ANCC NP Professional Role and Health Policy Study
Questions & Verified Answers
What do you do with the research studies/findings? - ✔✔Make an evidence based decision
regarding implementation
Implement the change, depending on above decision
Evaluate the Change
How do you disseminate findings of studies? - ✔✔local/regional/national conferences
publish in peer-reviewed journals
Publish in professional newsletters
Internal Validity - ✔✔The independent variable caused a change in the dependent variable
(Did the intervention change the outcome?)
external validity - ✔✔The sample is representative of the population and results can be
generalized
(Did the sample fit the desired population and is it representative enough that the implications
can be applied to general practice)
, Used to describe the basic features of the data in the study; numerical values that summarize,
organize and describe observations, can be generated by either qual or quant studies -
✔✔Descriptive statistics
Examples: (Mean, Standard deviation, Variance)
How the values are dispersed around the mean, the larger variance, the larger dispersion of
scores - ✔✔Variance
Numerical values that enable one to reach the conclusions that extend beyond the immediate
data alone, generated by quantitative research designs - ✔✔Inferential statistics
This assesses whether the means of the two groups are statistically different from each other -
✔✔T-Test
Tests the difference among 3 or more groups - ✔✔Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Tests the relationship between two variables - ✔✔Pearson's r correlation
Also known as level of significance, describes the probability of a particular result occurring by
chance alone - ✔✔P value
Institutional review boards (IBRs) ensure that: - ✔✔1. Risks to participants are minimized
2 Participant selection is equitable
3. Adverse events are reported and r to b re-eval
4. Informed consent is obtained and documented
5. Data and safety monitoring plans are implemented
Questions & Verified Answers
What do you do with the research studies/findings? - ✔✔Make an evidence based decision
regarding implementation
Implement the change, depending on above decision
Evaluate the Change
How do you disseminate findings of studies? - ✔✔local/regional/national conferences
publish in peer-reviewed journals
Publish in professional newsletters
Internal Validity - ✔✔The independent variable caused a change in the dependent variable
(Did the intervention change the outcome?)
external validity - ✔✔The sample is representative of the population and results can be
generalized
(Did the sample fit the desired population and is it representative enough that the implications
can be applied to general practice)
, Used to describe the basic features of the data in the study; numerical values that summarize,
organize and describe observations, can be generated by either qual or quant studies -
✔✔Descriptive statistics
Examples: (Mean, Standard deviation, Variance)
How the values are dispersed around the mean, the larger variance, the larger dispersion of
scores - ✔✔Variance
Numerical values that enable one to reach the conclusions that extend beyond the immediate
data alone, generated by quantitative research designs - ✔✔Inferential statistics
This assesses whether the means of the two groups are statistically different from each other -
✔✔T-Test
Tests the difference among 3 or more groups - ✔✔Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Tests the relationship between two variables - ✔✔Pearson's r correlation
Also known as level of significance, describes the probability of a particular result occurring by
chance alone - ✔✔P value
Institutional review boards (IBRs) ensure that: - ✔✔1. Risks to participants are minimized
2 Participant selection is equitable
3. Adverse events are reported and r to b re-eval
4. Informed consent is obtained and documented
5. Data and safety monitoring plans are implemented
