rAn rInterprofessional rApproach r6th rEdition rDunphy 1
,Test rBank rFor rPrimaryrCare rArt rAnd rScience rOf rAdvanced rPractice rNursing r–
rAn rInterprofessional rApproach r6th rEdition rDunphy 2
TEST rBANK r FOR
PRIMARY rCARE rART rAND rSCIENCE rOF rADVANCED rPRACTICE rNURSING r–
rAN rINTERPROFESSIONAL rAPPROACH r6TH rEDITION rDUNPHY
Chapter r1. r Primary r Care rin r the rTwenty-First r Century: rA rCircle rof rCaring
1. A rnurse rhas rconducted ra rliterature rreview rin ran reffort rto ridentify rthe reffect rof rhandwashi
rng ron rthe rincidence rof rnosocomial r(hospital-
acquired) rinfections rin racute rcare rsettings. rAn rarticle rpresented rfindings rat ra rlevel rof rsignificance
rof r<0.01. rThis rindicates rthat
A) The rcontrol rgroup rand rthe rexperimental rgroup r were r more rthan r99% r similar.
B) The rfindings rof rthe rstudyrhave r less rthan r1% r chance rof rbeing rattributable rto r chance.
C) The reffects rofrthe r intervention rwere rnearly rzero.
D) The rclinical rsignificance rofrthe r findings rwas rless rthan r1:100.
Ans: rB
Feedback: rThe rlevel rof rsignificance ris rthe rlevel rat rwhich rthe rresearcher rbelieves rthat rthe rstudy
rresults rmost rlikely rrepresent ra rno rchance revent. rA rlevel rof rsignificance rof r<0.01 rindicates rthat
rthere ris rless rthan r1% rprobability rthat rthe rresult ris rdue rto rchance.
2. A rnurse rhas rread ra rqualitative rresearch rstudy rin rorder rto runderstand rthe rlived rexperience
rof rparents rwho rhave ra rneonatal rloss. rWhich rof rthe rfollowing questions rshould rthe rnurse rprioritize
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rwhen rappraising rthe rresults rof rthis rstudy?
A) How rwell rdid rthe r authors rcapture rthe rpersonal rexperiences rof rthese rparents?
B) How rwellrdid rthe rauthors rcontrol rfor rconfounding rvariables rthat rmay rhave raffected rthe
rfindings?
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C) Did rthe rauthors ruse rstatistical rmeasures rthat rwere rappropriate rto rthe rphenomenon rin
rquestion?
D) Were rthe rinstruments rthat rthe rresearchers rused rstatistically rvalid rand rreliable?
Ans: rA
Feedback: rQualitative rstudies rare rjudged ron rthe rbasis rof rhow rwell rthey rcapture rand rconvey rthe rsu
rbjective rexperiences rof rindividuals. rStatistical rmeasures rand rvariables rare rnot rdimensions rof ra rquali
rtative rmethodology.
3. A rnurse rhas rexpressed rskepticism rto ra rcolleague rabout rthe rvalue rof rnursing rresearch, rcla
riming rthat rnursing rresearch rhas rlittle rrelevance rto rpractice. rHow rcan rthe rnurses rcolleague rbest rde
rfend rthe rimportance rof rnursing rresearch?
A) The rexistence rof rnursing rresearch rmeans rthat rnurses rare rnow rable rto raccess rfederal rgrant
rmoney, rsomething rthat rdidnt ruse rto rbe rthe rcase.
B) Nursing rresearch rhas rallowed rthe rdevelopment rof rmasters rand rdoctoral rprograms rand rhas
rgreatly rincreased rthe rcredibility rof rthe rprofession.
C) The rgrowthrofrnursing rresearch rhas rcaused rnursing rto rbe rviewed ras ra rtrue rprofession,
rrather rthan rsimply ras ra rtrade ror ra rskill.
D) The rapplication rof rnursing rresearch rhas rthe rpotentialrto rimprove rnursing rpractice rand
rpatient routcomes.
, Test rBank rFor rPrimaryrCare rArt rAnd rScience rOf rAdvanced rPractice rNursing r–
rAn rInterprofessional rApproach r6th rEdition rDunphy 4
Ans: rD
Feedback: rThe rgreatest rvalue rof rnursing rresearch rlies rin rthe rpotential rto rimprove rpractice rand, rulti
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rmately, rto rimprove rpatient routcomes. rThis rsupersedes rthe rcontributions rof rnursing rresearch rto reduc
ration rprograms, rgrant rfunding, ror rthe rpublic rview rof rthe rprofession.
4. Tracyris ra rnurse rwith ra rbaccalaureate rdegree rwho rworks rin rthe rlabor rand rdeliveryrunit rofra
rbusy rurban rhospital. rShe rhas rnoticed rthat rmany rnew rmothers rabandon rbreast-
feeding rtheir rbabies rwhen rthey rexperience rearly rchallenges rand rwonders rwhat rcould rbe rdone rto re
rncourage rmore rwomen rto rcontinue rbreast-
feeding. rWhat rrole ris rTracy rmost rlikely rto rplay rin ra rresearch rproject rthat rtests ran rintervention rai
rmed rat rpromoting rbreast-feeding?
A) Applying for rgrant rfunding rfor rthe rresearch rproject
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B) Posing rthe rclinical rproblemrto rone ror rmore rnursing r researchers
C) Planning rthe r methodologyrof rthe rresearch rproject
D) Carrying rout rthe rintervention rand rsubmitting rthe rresults rfor r publication rAns: rB
Feedback: rA rmajor rrole rfor rstaff rnurses ris rto ridentify rquestions ror rproblems rfor rresearch. rGrant
rapplications, rmethodological rplanning, rand rpublication rsubmission rare rnormally rcarried rout rby
rnurses rwho rhave radvanced rdegrees rin rnursing.
5. Arpatient rsigned rthe rinformed rconsent rform rfor ra rdrug trialrthat rwas rexplained rto rpatient
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rby ra rresearch rassistant. rLater, rthe rpatient radmitted rto rhis rnurse rthat rhe rdid rnot runderstand rthe rre
rsearch rassistants rexplanation ror rhis rown rrole rin rthe rstudy. rHow rshould rthis rpatients rnurse rrespo
rnd rto rthis rrevelation?
A) Explain the rresearch rprocess rto rthe rpatient r in rgreater rdetail.
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B) Describe rthe rdetails rof ra rrandomized rcontrolled trial rfor rthe rpatient.
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