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Chapter 1. Primary Care in the Twenty-First Century: A Circle of Caring
1. A nurse has conducted a literature review in an effort to identify the effect of
hand washing on the incidence of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections in
acute care settings. An article presented findings at a level of significance of
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B) The vfindings vof vthe vstudy vhave vless vthan v1% vchance vof vbeing vattributable vto vchance.
C) The effects of the intervention were nearly zero.
D) The clinical significance of the findings was less than 1:100.
Ans: B
Feedback: The level of significance is the level at which the researcher believes that
the study results most likely represent a no chance event. A level of significance of
<0.01 indicates thatthere is less than 1% probability that the result is due to chance.
2. A nurse has expressed skepticism to a colleague about the value of nursing
research, claiming that nursing research has little relevance to practice. How can the
nurses colleague bestdefend the importance of nursing research?
A) The existence of nursing research means that nurses are now able to access
federal grantmoney, something that didnt use to be the case.
,B) Nursing research has allowed the development of masters and doctoral programs
and hasgreatly increased the credibility of the profession.
C) The growth of nursing research has caused nursing to be viewed as a true
profession, rather than simply as a trade or a skill.
D) The vapplication vof vnursing vresearch vhas vthe vpotential vto vimprove vnursing
vpractice vandvpatient voutcomes.
Ans: D
Feedback: The greatest value of nursing research lies in the potential to improve practice
and, ultimately, to improve patient outcomes. This supersedes the contributions of nursing
research toeducation programs, grant funding, or the public view of the profession.
3. A nurse has read a qualitative research study in order to understand the lived
experience of parents who have a neonatal loss. Which of the following questions
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Chapter 1. Primary Care in the Twenty-First Century: A Circle of Caring
1. A nurse has conducted a literature review in an effort to identify the effect of
hand washing on the incidence of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections in
acute care settings. An article presented findings at a level of significance of
<0.01. This indicatesthat
A) The control group and the experimental group were more than 99% similar.
B) The vfindings vof vthe vstudy vhave vless vthan v1% vchance vof vbeing vattributable vto vchance.
C) The effects of the intervention were nearly zero.
D) The clinical significance of the findings was less than 1:100.
Ans: B
Feedback: The level of significance is the level at which the researcher believes that
the study results most likely represent a no chance event. A level of significance of
<0.01 indicates thatthere is less than 1% probability that the result is due to chance.
2. A nurse has expressed skepticism to a colleague about the value of nursing
research, claiming that nursing research has little relevance to practice. How can the
nurses colleague bestdefend the importance of nursing research?
A) The existence of nursing research means that nurses are now able to access
federal grantmoney, something that didnt use to be the case.
,B) Nursing research has allowed the development of masters and doctoral programs
and hasgreatly increased the credibility of the profession.
C) The growth of nursing research has caused nursing to be viewed as a true
profession, rather than simply as a trade or a skill.
D) The vapplication vof vnursing vresearch vhas vthe vpotential vto vimprove vnursing
vpractice vandvpatient voutcomes.
Ans: D
Feedback: The greatest value of nursing research lies in the potential to improve practice
and, ultimately, to improve patient outcomes. This supersedes the contributions of nursing
research toeducation programs, grant funding, or the public view of the profession.
3. A nurse has read a qualitative research study in order to understand the lived
experience of parents who have a neonatal loss. Which of the following questions
should the nurse prioritizewhen appraising the results of this study?
A) How vwell vdid vthe vauthors vcapture vthe vpersonal vexperiences vof vthese vparents?
, B) How well did the authors control for confounding variables that may
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