Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, 6th Edition
(Chapters 6, 7, 8, 11) Questions and Answers
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Qualitative study.
You are a nurse researcher
interviewing senior (A qualitative study involves inductive reasoning to
oncology nurses, asking develop generalizations or theories from specific
them to describe how they observations or interviews. Historical research
deal with the loss of a establishes facts and relationships concerning past
patient. The analysis of the events. Correlational research is exploration of the
interviews yields common interrelationships among variables of interest without
themes describing the any intervention by the researcher. An experimental
nurses' grief. This is an study involves the use of tightly controlled subject
example of which type of groups, variables, and procedures to eliminate bias
study? and ensure that findings can be generalized to similar
groups of subjects.)
,An operating room nurse Surgical patients.
is talking with colleagues
during a meeting. She (Surgical patients are the patient population of
asks, "I wonder if we interest (P) in the PICOT (patient population,
would see fewer wound intervention, comparison, outcome, time) question.
infections if we used The intervention is the cleaning of the skin, and the
chlorhexidine instead of comparison of interest is between chlorhexidine use
povidone-iodine to clean and povidone-iodine use. Operating room nurses are
the skin of our surgical not an element of the PICOT question.)
patients? What does the P
represent in this example
of a PICOT question?
A nurse researcher is Sampling method.
designing an exercise
study that involves 100 (Because the patients at the clinic are allowed their
patients who attend a choice of the traditional versus the new exercise
wellness clinic. As the program, the sampling in this study is not random
patients come to the sampling.)
clinic, each has a choice
as to whether he or she
wants to be in the new
exercise program or
remain in the traditional
program. The nurse plans
to measure the patients'
self-report of exercise
before and 6 months after
the program begins. What
factor might influence the
results of this study in an
unfavourable way?
, Scientific method.
The foundation of (The scientific method is the foundation of research
research is which of the and is the most reliable and objective of all methods
following? of obtaining knowledge. Documentation, critical
thinking, and evidence are not the foundations of
research.)
Informed consent.
(Informed consent implies that the research subjects
are given full and complete information about the
A researcher gives a
purpose of the study, procedures, data collection,
subject full and complete
potential harms and benefits, and alternative methods
information about the
of treatment. Confidentiality rules guarantee that any
purpose of a study. This is
information the subject provides will not be reported
an example of which of
to people outside the research team. Bias is any
the following?
personal opinion or judgement that may be
interjected into the results. Anonymity means that the
subject's name and identifying information would not
be disclosed during the research study.)
A new nurse on an Knowledge-focused trigger.
orthopedic unit is
assigned to care for a (A knowledge-focused trigger is a question regarding
patient undergoing new information available on a topic. A problem-
skeletal traction. The nurse focused trigger is one faced while the nurse is caring
asks a colleague, "What is for a patient or noting a trend. The PICOT (population,
the best practice for intervention, comparison, outcome, time) format is a
cleaning pin sites in way to phrase a question to help clarify the question
skeletal traction?" This and the parts. A hypothesis is a prediction about the
question is an example of relationship between study variables.)
which of the following?
(Chapters 6, 7, 8, 11) Questions and Answers
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Terms in this set (50)
Qualitative study.
You are a nurse researcher
interviewing senior (A qualitative study involves inductive reasoning to
oncology nurses, asking develop generalizations or theories from specific
them to describe how they observations or interviews. Historical research
deal with the loss of a establishes facts and relationships concerning past
patient. The analysis of the events. Correlational research is exploration of the
interviews yields common interrelationships among variables of interest without
themes describing the any intervention by the researcher. An experimental
nurses' grief. This is an study involves the use of tightly controlled subject
example of which type of groups, variables, and procedures to eliminate bias
study? and ensure that findings can be generalized to similar
groups of subjects.)
,An operating room nurse Surgical patients.
is talking with colleagues
during a meeting. She (Surgical patients are the patient population of
asks, "I wonder if we interest (P) in the PICOT (patient population,
would see fewer wound intervention, comparison, outcome, time) question.
infections if we used The intervention is the cleaning of the skin, and the
chlorhexidine instead of comparison of interest is between chlorhexidine use
povidone-iodine to clean and povidone-iodine use. Operating room nurses are
the skin of our surgical not an element of the PICOT question.)
patients? What does the P
represent in this example
of a PICOT question?
A nurse researcher is Sampling method.
designing an exercise
study that involves 100 (Because the patients at the clinic are allowed their
patients who attend a choice of the traditional versus the new exercise
wellness clinic. As the program, the sampling in this study is not random
patients come to the sampling.)
clinic, each has a choice
as to whether he or she
wants to be in the new
exercise program or
remain in the traditional
program. The nurse plans
to measure the patients'
self-report of exercise
before and 6 months after
the program begins. What
factor might influence the
results of this study in an
unfavourable way?
, Scientific method.
The foundation of (The scientific method is the foundation of research
research is which of the and is the most reliable and objective of all methods
following? of obtaining knowledge. Documentation, critical
thinking, and evidence are not the foundations of
research.)
Informed consent.
(Informed consent implies that the research subjects
are given full and complete information about the
A researcher gives a
purpose of the study, procedures, data collection,
subject full and complete
potential harms and benefits, and alternative methods
information about the
of treatment. Confidentiality rules guarantee that any
purpose of a study. This is
information the subject provides will not be reported
an example of which of
to people outside the research team. Bias is any
the following?
personal opinion or judgement that may be
interjected into the results. Anonymity means that the
subject's name and identifying information would not
be disclosed during the research study.)
A new nurse on an Knowledge-focused trigger.
orthopedic unit is
assigned to care for a (A knowledge-focused trigger is a question regarding
patient undergoing new information available on a topic. A problem-
skeletal traction. The nurse focused trigger is one faced while the nurse is caring
asks a colleague, "What is for a patient or noting a trend. The PICOT (population,
the best practice for intervention, comparison, outcome, time) format is a
cleaning pin sites in way to phrase a question to help clarify the question
skeletal traction?" This and the parts. A hypothesis is a prediction about the
question is an example of relationship between study variables.)
which of the following?
