Test Bank for Primary Care: The Art and Science of Advanced Practice Nursing – An Interprofessional Approach, 5th Edition (Dunphy et al.)

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Chapteru1.uPrimaryuCareuinutheuTwenty-FirstuCentury:uAuCircleuofuCaring


1.
Aunurseuhasuconducteduauliteratureureviewuinuanueffortutouidentifyutheueffectuofuhandwashingu
onutheuincidenceuofunosocomialu(hospital-
acquired)uinfectionsuinuacuteucareusettings.uAnuarticleupresentedufindingsuatuauleveluofusignificanceuo
fu<0.01.uThisuindicatesuthat


A) Theucontrolugroupuandutheuexperimentalugroupuwereumoreuthanu99%usimilar.


B) Theufindingsuofutheustudyuhaveulessuthanu1%uchanceuofubeinguattributableutouchance.


C) Theueffectsuofutheuinterventionuwereunearlyuzero.


D) Theuclinicalusignificanceuofutheufindingsuwasulessuthanu1:100.


Ans:uB


Feedback:uTheuleveluofusignificanceuisutheuleveluatuwhichutheuresearcherubelievesuthatutheustudyuresu
ltsumostulikelyurepresentuaunouchanceuevent.uAuleveluofusignificanceuofu<0.01uindicatesuthatuthereuisul
essuthanu1%uprobabilityuthatutheuresultuisudueutouchance.


2.
Aunurseuhasureaduauqualitativeuresearchustudyuinuorderutouunderstandutheuliveduexperienceuofu
parentsuwhouhaveuauneonataluloss.uWhichuofutheufollowinguquestionsushouldutheunurseuprioritizeuwh
enuappraisingutheuresultsuofuthisustudy?


A) Howuwelludidutheuauthorsucaptureutheupersonaluexperiencesuofutheseuparents?

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B)
Howuwelludidutheuauthorsucontroluforuconfoundinguvariablesuthatumayuhaveuaffectedutheufind
ings?


C)
Didutheuauthorsuuseustatisticalumeasuresuthatuwereuappropriateutoutheuphenomenonuinuquesti
on?


D) Wereutheuinstrumentsuthatutheuresearchersuusedustatisticallyuvaliduandureliable?


Ans:uA


Feedback:uQualitativeustudiesuareujudgeduonutheubasisuofuhowuwellutheyucaptureuanduconveyutheusubj
ectiveuexperiencesuofuindividuals.uStatisticalumeasuresuanduvariablesuareunotudimensionsuofuauqualit
ativeumethodology.


3.
Aunurseuhasuexpresseduskepticismutouaucolleagueuaboututheuvalueuofunursinguresearch,uclaimi
nguthatunursinguresearchuhasulittleurelevanceutoupractice.uHowucanutheunursesucolleagueubestudefendut
heuimportanceuofunursinguresearch?
u




A)
Theuexistenceuofunursinguresearchumeansuthatunursesuareunowuableutouaccessufederalugrantum
oney,usomethinguthatudidntuuseutoubeutheucase.


B)
Nursinguresearchuhasuallowedutheudevelopmentuofumastersuandudoctoraluprogramsuanduhasug
reatlyuincreasedutheucredibilityuofutheuprofession.

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C)
Theugrowthuofunursinguresearchuhasucausedunursingutoubeuvieweduasuautrueuprofession,urather
uthanusimplyuasuautradeuoruauskill.




D)
Theuapplicationuofunursinguresearchuhasutheupotentialutouimproveunursingupracticeuandupatie
ntuoutcomes.


Ans:uD


Feedback:uTheugreatestuvalueuofunursinguresearchuliesuinutheupotentialutouimproveupracticeuand,uulti
mately,utouimproveupatientuoutcomes.uThisusupersedesutheucontributionsuofunursinguresearchutouedu
cationuprograms,ugrantufunding,uorutheupublicuviewuofutheuprofession.


4.
Tracyuisuaunurseuwithuaubaccalaureateudegreeuwhouworksuinutheulaboruandudeliveryuunituofuaub
usyuurbanuhospital.uSheuhasunoticeduthatumanyunewumothersuabandonubreast-
feedingutheirubabiesuwhenutheyuexperienceuearlyuchallengesuanduwondersuwhatucouldubeudoneutouenc
ourageumoreuwomenutoucontinueubreast-
feeding.uWhaturoleuisuTracyumostulikelyutouplayuinuauresearchuprojectuthatutestsuanuinterventionuaime
duatupromotingubreast-feeding?


A) Applyinguforugrantufundinguforutheuresearchuproject


B) Posingutheuclinicaluproblemutouoneuorumoreunursinguresearchers


C) Planningutheumethodologyuofutheuresearchuproject


D) CarryinguoututheuinterventionuandusubmittingutheuresultsuforupublicationuAns:uB
Feedback:uAumajoruroleuforustaffunursesuisutouidentifyuquestionsuoruproblemsuforuresearch.uGrantuapp
lications,umethodologicaluplanning,uandupublicationusubmissionuareunormallyucarrieduoutubyunursesu
whouhaveuadvancedudegreesuinunursing.