EDAC Final Questions With Complete Solutions
A facility's EOC defines its ___________.
A. culture
B. physical design
C. outcomes Correct Answers A. culture
A large medical center developed a corporate strategy
committed to safety and sustainability. One goal is
to reduce patient falls and infections. The marketing
department also wants to increase the medical
center's market share. Prior to functional and space
programming, what is the FIRST thing the team
should do?
a. Establish outcome measures.
b. Evaluate population demographics.
c. Ensure alignment of the project vision & goals.
d. Conduct focus groups to determine needs. Correct Answers
c. Ensure alignment of the project vision & goals.
A project team is interested in reducing patient
falls and increasing staff satisfaction in an
existing inpatient unit. There are a variety of
design changes that could be made to achieve
these goals. These include the installation of a
non-slip type of flooring, a decentralized nurse
station layout, and handrails in the patient room.
Given the limited budget, what should the project
team do FIRST to determine where to invest its
limited resources?
a. Select the design feature that is most in line with
,the evidence-based design goals.
b. Review data to determine the cost of patient falls
and complete a business case.
c. Conduct a critical review of the existing research
for each option.
d. Mock-up a patient room that includes the
proposed design features. Correct Answers c. Conduct a critical
review of the existing research
for each option.
A project team wants to make sure that a patient
satisfaction tool they developed has a high degree of
external validity. What does external validity mean?
A. The tool is transferable to a variety of healthcare
settings.
B. The tool generates results that are significant to
p < .05.
C. The tool measures what it is supposed to measure.
D. The tool generalizes information to theoretical
constructs. Correct Answers A. The tool is transferable to a
variety of healthcare
settings.
A project team wants to standardize their patient rooms. They
hypothesize that the implementation of samehanded rooms will
improve outcomes. When evaluating their results what would be
the BEST data to review to demonstrate an improvement in
clinical outcomes?
a. Length of stay reports.
b. Patient satisfaction surveys.
c. Medical error rates.
,d. Healthcare-associated infection rates. Correct Answers c.
Medical error rates.
A research ___________ will help to systematically organize
ideas and plan activities BEFORE time, money, and effort is
invested.
A. hypothesis
B. tool
C. plan Correct Answers C. plan
A research team measured ambient noise levels in patient rooms.
They also observed patient stress levels and the duration of visits
by family and friends. The team found that high ambient noise
was associated with high patient stress and short family visits.
This is an example of which type of study?
A. Correlational
B. Retrospective
C. Experimental
D. Ethnographic Correct Answers A. Correlational
A researcher is evaluating the research plan and has found that it
is difficult to isolate the cause and effect of some variables
because they vary systematically from the independent variable.
These variables are not under the control of the experimenter,
and need to be labeled as _________ variables.
A. contradictory
B. extraneous
C. confounding
D. omitted Correct Answers C. confounding
A researcher on the project team wants to make sure
, that a new observation tool they developed has a high
degree of reliability. How should the researcher ensure
the observation tool is reliable?
a. Submit the tool to the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
b. Test the tool in a variety of settings both within and
outside the hospital.
c. Ask a team of expert researchers to validate that the
tool is measuring what it's supposed to measure.
d. Have several researchers use the tool within a
specified time frame and place, with the same
subjects and see if similar results are achieved. Correct Answers
d. Have several researchers use the tool within a
specified time frame and place, with the same
subjects and see if similar results are achieved.
A team of researchers collected data on patient
and family stress, patient length of stay (LOS),
and overall satisfaction to compare a unit with
windows to a unit without windows. After
collecting data they realized that staff changes
had been implemented in the new unit. Which of
the following should the team do before drawing
conclusions?
a. Analyze the data for confounding variables.
b. Conduct focus groups with the new staff.
c. Conduct surveys with the existing staff.
d. Disregard the data and restart data collection. Correct
Answers a. Analyze the data for confounding variables.
According to the AHA, as of 2008, did the U.S. have more
urban community hospitals or more rural community hospitals?
A facility's EOC defines its ___________.
A. culture
B. physical design
C. outcomes Correct Answers A. culture
A large medical center developed a corporate strategy
committed to safety and sustainability. One goal is
to reduce patient falls and infections. The marketing
department also wants to increase the medical
center's market share. Prior to functional and space
programming, what is the FIRST thing the team
should do?
a. Establish outcome measures.
b. Evaluate population demographics.
c. Ensure alignment of the project vision & goals.
d. Conduct focus groups to determine needs. Correct Answers
c. Ensure alignment of the project vision & goals.
A project team is interested in reducing patient
falls and increasing staff satisfaction in an
existing inpatient unit. There are a variety of
design changes that could be made to achieve
these goals. These include the installation of a
non-slip type of flooring, a decentralized nurse
station layout, and handrails in the patient room.
Given the limited budget, what should the project
team do FIRST to determine where to invest its
limited resources?
a. Select the design feature that is most in line with
,the evidence-based design goals.
b. Review data to determine the cost of patient falls
and complete a business case.
c. Conduct a critical review of the existing research
for each option.
d. Mock-up a patient room that includes the
proposed design features. Correct Answers c. Conduct a critical
review of the existing research
for each option.
A project team wants to make sure that a patient
satisfaction tool they developed has a high degree of
external validity. What does external validity mean?
A. The tool is transferable to a variety of healthcare
settings.
B. The tool generates results that are significant to
p < .05.
C. The tool measures what it is supposed to measure.
D. The tool generalizes information to theoretical
constructs. Correct Answers A. The tool is transferable to a
variety of healthcare
settings.
A project team wants to standardize their patient rooms. They
hypothesize that the implementation of samehanded rooms will
improve outcomes. When evaluating their results what would be
the BEST data to review to demonstrate an improvement in
clinical outcomes?
a. Length of stay reports.
b. Patient satisfaction surveys.
c. Medical error rates.
,d. Healthcare-associated infection rates. Correct Answers c.
Medical error rates.
A research ___________ will help to systematically organize
ideas and plan activities BEFORE time, money, and effort is
invested.
A. hypothesis
B. tool
C. plan Correct Answers C. plan
A research team measured ambient noise levels in patient rooms.
They also observed patient stress levels and the duration of visits
by family and friends. The team found that high ambient noise
was associated with high patient stress and short family visits.
This is an example of which type of study?
A. Correlational
B. Retrospective
C. Experimental
D. Ethnographic Correct Answers A. Correlational
A researcher is evaluating the research plan and has found that it
is difficult to isolate the cause and effect of some variables
because they vary systematically from the independent variable.
These variables are not under the control of the experimenter,
and need to be labeled as _________ variables.
A. contradictory
B. extraneous
C. confounding
D. omitted Correct Answers C. confounding
A researcher on the project team wants to make sure
, that a new observation tool they developed has a high
degree of reliability. How should the researcher ensure
the observation tool is reliable?
a. Submit the tool to the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
b. Test the tool in a variety of settings both within and
outside the hospital.
c. Ask a team of expert researchers to validate that the
tool is measuring what it's supposed to measure.
d. Have several researchers use the tool within a
specified time frame and place, with the same
subjects and see if similar results are achieved. Correct Answers
d. Have several researchers use the tool within a
specified time frame and place, with the same
subjects and see if similar results are achieved.
A team of researchers collected data on patient
and family stress, patient length of stay (LOS),
and overall satisfaction to compare a unit with
windows to a unit without windows. After
collecting data they realized that staff changes
had been implemented in the new unit. Which of
the following should the team do before drawing
conclusions?
a. Analyze the data for confounding variables.
b. Conduct focus groups with the new staff.
c. Conduct surveys with the existing staff.
d. Disregard the data and restart data collection. Correct
Answers a. Analyze the data for confounding variables.
According to the AHA, as of 2008, did the U.S. have more
urban community hospitals or more rural community hospitals?
