v v v
PRIMARY CARE ART v v
AND SCIENCE OF v v
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PRACTICENURSING-
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INTERPROFESSIONAL
APPROACH 6TH v
EDITION- DUNPHY v
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TESTvBANKvFORvPRIMARYvCAREvARTvANDvSCIENCEvOFvADVANCEDvPRACTICE
NURSINGv–vANvINTERPROFESSIONALvAPPROACHv5THvEDITIONvDUNPHY
Chapterv1.vPrimaryvCarevinvthevTwenty-FirstvCentury:vAvCirclevofvCaring
, 1.
Avnursevhasvconductedvavliteraturevreviewvinvanveffortvtovidentifyvtheveffectvofvhandv
washingvonvthevincidencevofvnosocomialv(hospital-
acquired)vinfectionsvinvacutevcarevsettings.vAnvarticlevpresentedvfindingsvatvavlevelvofvsignifi
cancevofv<0.01.vThisvindicatesvthat
A) Thevcontrolvgroupvandvthevexperimentalvgroupvwerevmorevthanv99%vsimilar.
B) Thevfindingsvofvthevstudyvhavevlessvthanv1%vchancevofvbeingvattributablevtovchance.
C) Theveffectsvofvthevinterventionvwerevnearlyvzero.
D) Thevclinicalvsignificancevofvthevfindingsvwasvlessvthanv1:100.
Ans:vB
Feedback:vThevlevelvofvsignificancevisvthevlevelvatvwhichvthevresearchervbelievesvthatvthevstudyvresul
tsvmostvlikelyvrepresentvavnovchancevevent.vAvlevelvofvsignificancevofv<0.01vindicatesvthatvtherevisvle
ssvthanv1%vprobabilityvthatvthevresultvisvduevtovchance.
2.
Avnursevhasvexpressedvskepticismvtovavcolleaguevaboutvthevvaluevofvnursingvresearch,vclaimi
ngvthatvnursingvresearchvhasvlittlevrelevancevtovpractice.vHowvcanvthevnursesvcolleaguevbestvdefendvt
hevimportancevofvnursingvresearch?
A) Thevexistencevofvnursingvresearchvmeansvthatvnursesvarevnowvablevtovaccessvfederalvgrantvm
oney,vsomethingvthatvdidntvusevtovbevthevcase.
B) Nursingvresearchvhasvallowedvthevdevelopmentvofvmastersvandvdoctoralvprogramsvandvhasvg
reatlyvincreasedvthevcredibilityvofvthevprofession.
C) Thevgrowthvofvnursingvresearchvhasvcausedvnursingvtovbevviewedvasvavtruevprofession,vratherv
thanvsimplyvasvavtradevorvavskill.
,D) Thevapplicationvofvnursingvresearchvhasvthevpotentialvtovimprovevnursingvpracticevandvpatien
tvoutcomes.
Ans:vD
Feedback:vThevgreatestvvaluevofvnursingvresearchvliesvinvthevpotentialvtovimprovevpracticevand,vulti
mately,vtovimprovevpatientvoutcomes.vThisvsupersedesvthevcontributionsvofvnursingvresearchvtoveduc
ationvprograms,vgrantvfunding,vorvthevpublicvviewvofvthevprofession.
3.
Avnursevhasvreadvavqualitativevresearchvstudyvinvordervtovunderstandvthevlivedvexperiencevofv
parentsvwhovhavevavneonatalvloss.vWhichvofvthevfollowingvquestionsvshouldvthevnursevprioritizevwhe
nvappraisingvthevresultsvofvthisvstudy?
A) Howvwellvdidvthevauthorsvcapturevthevpersonalvexperiencesvofvthesevparents?
B) Howvwellvdidvthevauthorsvcontrolvforvconfoundingvvariablesvthatvmayvhavevaffectedvthevfindi
ngs?
C) Didvthevauthorsvusevstatisticalvmeasuresvthatvwerevappropriatevtovthevphenomenonvinvquestio
n?
D) Werevthevinstrumentsvthatvthevresearchersvusedvstatisticallyvvalidvandvreliable?
Ans:vA
Feedback:vQualitativevstudiesvarevjudgedvonvthevbasisvofvhowvwellvtheyvcapturevandvconveyvthevsu
bjectivevexperiencesvofvindividuals.vStatisticalvmeasuresvandvvariablesvarevnotvdimensionsvofvavqu
alitativevmethodology.
4.
Tracyvisvavnursevwithvavbaccalaureatevdegreevwhovworksvinvthevlaborvandvdeliveryvunitvofvavb
usyvurbanvhospital.vShevhasvnoticedvthatvmanyvnewvmothersvabandonvbreast-
feedingvtheirvbabiesvwhenvtheyvexperiencevearlyvchallengesvandvwondersvwhatvcouldvbevdonevtovenc
ouragevmorevwomenvtovcontinuevbreast-
feeding.vWhatvrolevisvTracyvmostvlikelyvtovplayvinvavresearchvprojectvthatvtestsvanvinterventionvaimed
vatvpromotingvbreast-feeding?
, A) Applyingvforvgrantvfundingvforvthevresearchvproject
B) Posingvthevclinicalvproblemvtovonevorvmorevnursingvresearchers
C) Planningvthevmethodologyvofvthevresearchvproject
D) CarryingvoutvthevinterventionvandvsubmittingvthevresultsvforvpublicationvAns:vB
Feedback:vAvmajorvrolevforvstaffvnursesvisvtovidentifyvquestionsvorvproblemsvforvresearch.vGrantvapp
lications,vmethodologicalvplanning,vandvpublicationvsubmissionvarevnormallyvcarriedvoutvbyvnursesv
whovhavevadvancedvdegreesvinvnursing.
5.
Avpatientvsignedvthevinformedvconsentvformvforvavdrugvtrialvthatvwasvexplainedvtovpatientvbyv
avresearchvassistant.vLater,vthevpatientvadmittedvtovhisvnursevthatvhevdidvnotvunderstandvthevresearchv
assistantsvexplanationvorvhisvownvrolevinvthevstudy.vHowvshouldvthisvpatientsvnursevrespondvtovthisvr
evelation?
A) Explainvthevresearchvprocessvtovthevpatientvinvgreatervdetail.