Research Knowledge Check 2
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A study was done to investigate factors associated with UTI among
hospitalized patients. An investigator identified 100 hospitalized
patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) as diagnosed by urine
cultures. She matched this group (on age, gender and diagnosis)
with another group of 100 patients in the same hospital that did not
have a UTI. It was determined which of these patients had a Foley
catheter during their hospitalization. It was found that 78 of the
patients in the UTI group had Foley catheters compared to 31 of the
subjects in the non-UTI group. This type of study design is called a: -
answer Case-control study
Nurse researchers develop data collection protocols to ensure
accurate, valid, and meaningful data. What is a data collection
protocol? - answer Spells out procedures to be used in data
collection
The independent variable in the research question "What is the
effect of noise levels on postoperative pain or blood pressure
fluctuations in ICU patients?" is: - answer Noise levels
What are the building blocks of theory? - answer Concepts
What is a hallmark of the scientific method? - answer Systematic
What is included in the methods section of a study? - answer
Strategies used to address the problem
What is the independent variable in the hypothesis "In the ICU,
Baccalaureate degree prepared nurses will practice more
with complete verified
solutions 2025
A study was done to investigate factors associated with UTI among
hospitalized patients. An investigator identified 100 hospitalized
patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) as diagnosed by urine
cultures. She matched this group (on age, gender and diagnosis)
with another group of 100 patients in the same hospital that did not
have a UTI. It was determined which of these patients had a Foley
catheter during their hospitalization. It was found that 78 of the
patients in the UTI group had Foley catheters compared to 31 of the
subjects in the non-UTI group. This type of study design is called a: -
answer Case-control study
Nurse researchers develop data collection protocols to ensure
accurate, valid, and meaningful data. What is a data collection
protocol? - answer Spells out procedures to be used in data
collection
The independent variable in the research question "What is the
effect of noise levels on postoperative pain or blood pressure
fluctuations in ICU patients?" is: - answer Noise levels
What are the building blocks of theory? - answer Concepts
What is a hallmark of the scientific method? - answer Systematic
What is included in the methods section of a study? - answer
Strategies used to address the problem
What is the independent variable in the hypothesis "In the ICU,
Baccalaureate degree prepared nurses will practice more
