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Chapterx1.xPrimaryxCarexinxthexTwenty-FirstxCentury:xAxCirclexofxCaring
1. Axnursexhasxconductedxaxliteraturexreviewxinxanxeffortxtoxidentifyxthexeffectxofxhandwashingx
onxthexincidencexofxnosocomialx(hospital-
acquired)xinfectionsxinxacutexcarexsettings.xAnxarticlexpresentedxfindingsxatxaxlevelxofxsignificancexof
x<0.01.xThisxindicatesxthat
A) Thexcontrolxgroupxandxthexexperimentalxgroupxwerexmorexthanx99%xsimilar.
B) Thexfindingsxofxthexstudyxhavexlessxthanx1%xchancexofxbeingxattributablextoxchance.
C) Thexeffectsxofxthexinterventionxwerexnearlyxzero.
D) Thexclinicalxsignificancexofxthexfindingsxwasxlessxthanx1:100.
Ans:xB
Feedback:xThexlevelxofxsignificancexisxthexlevelxatxwhichxthexresearcherxbelievesxthatxthexstudyxr
esultsxmostxlikelyxrepresentxaxnoxchancexevent.xAxlevelxofxsignificancexofx<0.01xindicatesxthatxth
erexisxlessxthanx1%xprobabilityxthatxthexresultxisxduextoxchance.
2. Axnursexhasxreadxaxqualitativexresearchxstudyxinxorderxtoxunderstandxthexlivedxexperiencexof
xparentsxwhoxhavexaxneonatalxloss.xWhichxofxthexfollowingxquestionsxshouldxthexnursexprioritizexwh
enxappraisingxthexresultsxofxthisxstudy?
A) Howxwellxdidxthexauthorsxcapturexthexpersonalxexperiencesxofxthesexparents?
B) Howxwellxdidxthexauthorsxcontrolxforxconfoundingxvariablesxthatxmayxhavexaffectedxthexf
indings?
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C) Didxthexauthorsxusexstatisticalxmeasuresxthatxwerexappropriatextoxthexphenomenonxinxq
uestion?
D) Werexthexinstrumentsxthatxthexresearchersxusedxstatisticallyxvalidxandxreliable?
Ans:xA
Feedback:xQualitativexstudiesxarexjudgedxonxthexbasisxofxhowxwellxtheyxcapturexandxconveyxthexsu
bjectivexexperiencesxofxindividuals.xStatisticalxmeasuresxandxvariablesxarexnotxdimensionsxofxaxqua
litativexmethodology.
3. Axnursexhasxexpressedxskepticismxtoxaxcolleaguexaboutxthexvaluexofxnursingxresearch,xclai
mingxthatxnursingxresearchxhasxlittlexrelevancextoxpractice.xHowxcanxthexnursesxcolleaguexbestxdefe
ndxtheximportancexofxnursingxresearch?
A) Thexexistencexofxnursingxresearchxmeansxthatxnursesxarexnowxablextoxaccessxfederalxgrantx
money,xsomethingxthatxdidntxusextoxbexthexcase.
B) Nursingxresearchxhasxallowedxthexdevelopmentxofxmastersxandxdoctoralxprogramsxandxhasxg
reatlyxincreasedxthexcredibilityxofxthexprofession.
C) Thexgrowthxofxnursingxresearchxhasxcausedxnursingxtoxbexviewedxasxaxtruexprofession,xr
atherxthanxsimplyxasxaxtradexorxaxskill.
D) Thexapplicationxofxnursingxresearchxhasxthexpotentialxtoximprovexnursingxpracticexandxp
atientxoutcomes.
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Ans:xD
Feedback:xThexgreatestxvaluexofxnursingxresearchxliesxinxthexpotentialxtoximprovexpracticexand,xulti
mately,xtoximprovexpatientxoutcomes.xThisxsupersedesxthexcontributionsxofxnursingxresearchxtoxeduc
ationxprograms,xgrantxfunding,xorxthexpublicxviewxofxthexprofession.
4. Tracyxisxaxnursexwithxaxbaccalaureatexdegreexwhoxworksxinxthexlaborxandxdeliveryxunitxofxaxb
usyxurbanxhospital.xShexhasxnoticedxthatxmanyxnewxmothersxabandonxbreast-
feedingxtheirxbabiesxwhenxtheyxexperiencexearlyxchallengesxandxwondersxwhatxcouldxbexdonextoxenc
ouragexmorexwomenxtoxcontinuexbreast-
feeding.xWhatxrolexisxTracyxmostxlikelyxtoxplayxinxaxresearchxprojectxthatxtestsxanxinterventionxaime
dxatxpromotingxbreast-feeding?
A) Applyingxforxgrantxfundingxforxthexresearchxproject
B) Posingxthexclinicalxproblemxtoxonexorxmorexnursingxresearchers
C) Planningxthexmethodologyxofxthexresearchxproject
D) CarryingxoutxthexinterventionxandxsubmittingxthexresultsxforxpublicationxAns:xB
Feedback:xAxmajorxrolexforxstaffxnursesxisxtoxidentifyxquestionsxorxproblemsxforxresearch.xGrantxa
pplications,xmethodologicalxplanning,xandxpublicationxsubmissionxarexnormallyxcarriedxoutxbyxn
ursesxwhoxhavexadvancedxdegreesxinxnursing.
5. Axpatientxsignedxthexinformedxconsentxformxforxaxdrugxtrialxthatxwasxexplainedxtoxpatientxb
yxaxresearchxassistant.xLater,xthexpatientxadmittedxtoxhisxnursexthatxhexdidxnotxunderstandxthexresea
rchxassistantsxexplanationxorxhisxownxrolexinxthexstudy.xHowxshouldxthisxpatientsxnursexrespondxto
xthisxrevelation?
A) Explainxthexresearchxprocessxtoxthexpatientxinxgreaterxdetail.
B) Describexthexdetailsxofxaxrandomizedxcontrolledxtrialxforxthexpatient.