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PRACTICE NURSING – AN INTERPROFESSIONAL APPROACH 5TH EDITION
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Chapter 1. Primary Care in the Twenty-First Century: A Circle of Caring
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1. A nurse has conducted a literature review in an effort to identify the effect of hand
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washing on the incidence of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections in acute care
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settings. An article presented findings at a level of significance of <0.01. This
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indicatesthat? ?
A) The control group and the experimental group were more than 99% similar.
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B) The findings of the study have less than 1% chance of being attributable to chance.
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C) The effects of the intervention were nearly zero.
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D) The clinical significance of the findings was less than 1:100.
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Ans: B ?
Feedback: The level of significance is the level at which the researcher believes that the
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studyresults most likely represent a no chance event. A level of significance of <0.01 indicates
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thatthere is less than 1% probability that the result is due to chance.
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2. A nurse has expressed skepticism to a colleague about the value of nursing research,
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claiming that nursing research has little relevance to practice. How can the nurses colleague
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bestdefend the importance of nursing research?
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A) The existence of nursing research means that nurses are now able to access federal
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grantmoney, something that didnt use to be the case.
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, B) Nursing research has allowed the development of masters and doctoral programs and
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hasgreatly increased the credibility of the profession.
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C) The growth of nursing research has caused nursing to be viewed as a true
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profession,rather than simply as a trade or a skill.
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D) The application of nursing research has the potential to improve nursing practice
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andpatient outcomes.
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Ans: D ?
Feedback: The greatest value of nursing research lies in the potential to improve practice and,
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ultimately, to improve patient outcomes. This supersedes the contributions of nursing research
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toeducation programs, grant funding, or the public view of the profession.
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3. A nurse has read a qualitative research study in order to understand the lived experience of
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parents who have a neonatal loss. Which of the following questions should the nurse
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prioritizewhen appraising the results of this study?
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A) How well did the authors capture the personal experiences of these parents?
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