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Table of ss s s s s Contents
Chapter 1. Primary Care in ss s s s s the Twenty-First s s s s Century: s s A
Circle s s of Caring ss
1. A nurse has conducted a literature review in an
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s effects of handwashing on theincidence of nosocomial (hospital-acquired)
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infections in acute care settings. An article presented findings at
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A) the control group and the ss ss ss ss ss s s ss ss experimental group were more than n99% similar ss ss s s ss ss ss ss d s s
B) the findings of the study ss ss ss s s ss ss ss ss have less than 1% chance of being attributable
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to chance.ss ss ss
C) the s s effects of the intervention were nearly
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D) the s s clinical significance of the findings was ss ss ss ss s s ss ss ss ss ss ss less ssd s s than ss ss 1:100.
Ans: ss ss B
Feedback: The level of significance is the level nat which the researcher believes
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that thestudy resultsmost likely represent a nonchance event. A level of
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significance of
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<0.01 indicates that there is less than 1% nprobability that the result is due
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2. A ss nurse has read a qualitative research
s s study in order to understand
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the
s lived experienceof parentswho have a neonatal loss. Which of the following
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questions should the nurse prioritize when appraising the results of this
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study?
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A) How well did the authors capture the
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these parHow well did
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that may have affected the findings?
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B) Did the atuhors use statistical s s ss ss s s s s measures s s that s s were s s appropriate s s to s s the
phenomenon in question?
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C) Were s s the instruments ss s s that the ss ss ss researchers ss ss used s s statistically s s valid ss ss and s s reliable?
Ans: ss ss A
Feedback: Qualitative studies are judged on the basis of how well they capture
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and convey the subjective experiences of individuals. Statistical measures and
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variables arenot dimensions of aqualitative methodology.
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3. A nurse has expressed skepticism to a
ss colleague about ss the value of ss ss ss ss s s s s s s s s s s
s nursing
s research, claiming thatnursing research has little relevance to practice.
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How can the nurses colleaguebest defend the importance of nursing research?
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,A) The existence of nursing research means that nurses are now able to
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access federalgrant money,something that didnt use to
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B) Nursing research has allowed the development of masters and s s ss s s s s s s s s s s s s s s doctoral
programs and hasgreatlyincreased the credibility of the profession.
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C) The growth of nursing research has caused nursing to be
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a true profession,rather thansimply as a trade or
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D) The application of nursing research has
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improve
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Ans: ss ss D
Feedback: The greatest value of nursing research lies in the potential to
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improve practiceand,
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This s supersedes
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programs, grant funding, or the public view of the profession.
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4. Tracy is a nurse with a baccalaureate degree
s s who nworks in the
s s labor s s ss s s ss ss s s d s s s s s s
s sand delivery unit of a busyurban hospital. She has noticed that many nnew mothers
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s abandon breast- feedingtheir babies whenthey experience early challenges and
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sswonders what could be done to encourage more ss women to continue breast-
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feeding. What role is Tracy most s likely to play in a
s research project s s s s s s s s s s ss ss s s ss s s ss
ssthat tests an intervention aimed
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A) Applying s s for grant ss ss ss funding ss ss for ssd s s the research s s ss ss project
B) Posing s s the clinical ss ss ss problem nto none or d d s s s s more s s nursing s s researchers
C) Planning s s the ss ss methodology of ss s s the ss ss research project ss
D) Carrying out the nintervention and submitting the ss ss d ss ss ss
ss results forpublication Ans: B ss d s s
Feedback: nA major role for staff nurses is to
ss identify questions or
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problems for research. Grant applications, methodological planning, and publication
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submission are normally
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nursing.
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5. A patient signed the
ss informed consent form forss a drug trial that ss s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
was
s explained to patient by a research assistant. Later, the patient admitted to his
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nurse that he did not understand the research assistants explanation or
ss ss ss hisss own s s ss ss ss ss ss ss s s s s
role
s in
s the study. How shouldthis patients nurse respond to thisrevelation?
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A) Explain s s the ss ss research ss ss process ss ss to ss ss the ss ss patient ss ss in s s greater detail. ss
B) Describe s s the ss ss details ss ss of s s a s s randomized ss ss controlled ss ss trial s s for s s the ss ss patient.
, C) Inform s s the ss ss research assistant ss ss ss that s s the ss ss patients ss ss consent ss ss is s s likely s s invalid.
D) Explain s s to ss ss the ss ss patient ss ss that ss ss his ss ss written ss ss consent ss ss is ss ss now s s legally s s binding.
Ans: ss ss C
Feedback: Just as the staff nurse
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consent,
s s the staff nurse is not responsible for research consent. If patients who
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have agreed to participate exhibit ambivalence or uncertainty about
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not
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s convince s thems to participate. Ask the person from the research
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team who is managing consents to speak with concernedpatients
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even
ss after a patient has
s s signed the consent forms.
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Multiple s s Selection
6. A nurse leader is attempting to increase the awareness of evidence-based practice
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(EBP)among the nurses on a unit. A nurse who is implementing EBP integrates which of
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the following? (Select allthat apply.)
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A) Interdisciplinary s s consensus
B) Nursing s s tradition
C) Research s s studies
D) Patient s s preferences ss ss and ss ss values
E) Clinical
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C,D, E ss
Feedback: Fineout-Overholt, Melnyk, Stillwell, and Williamson define EBP as a
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s problem- solving approach to the delivery of
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s preferences and values.
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Multiple s s Choice
7. Mrs. Mayes is ass 73-year-old woman who has a s diabetic sfoot s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
ulcer
s sthat has been extremely slow to heal
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threat
s s of osteomyelitis. The wound care nurse who has been working
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Mrs.
s Mayes
s applies evidence-based
s s practice (EBP) whenever possible and has s s s s s s s s ss ss ss ss
proposed
s s the use of maggot therapy to debride necrotic tissue. Mrs.
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Mayes, however, finds the suggestion repugnant and adamantly opposes this
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treatment despite the sizable body of evidence supporting it. How shouldthe
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nurse reconcile Mrs. Mayes views with the principles of EBP?
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