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1. Answer: 4.
Experimental; in experimental studies, the subjects are randomly assigned into groups
with one group receiving the standard treatment and the other group receiving the
intervention. - Answer-A nurse researcher studies the effectiveness of a new program
designed to educate parents to promote the immunization of children. The nurse divides
the the parents randomly into two groups. One group receives the typical educational
program and the other group receives the new program. This is an example of which
type of study?
1. Historical
2. Qualitative
3. Correlational
4. Experimental
2. Answer: 4.
O stands for outcome; in this PICOT question, the outcome the nurse is concerned
about is anxiety. - Answer-A nurse who works in a pediatric unit asks, "I wonder if
children who interact with therapy dogs have reduced anxiety when they are in the
hospital." In this example of a PICOT question, which of the following is the O?
1. Children
2. Therapy Dogs
3. The pediatric unit
4. Anxiety
3. Answer: 3.
Correlational: in this study the nurse researcher is correlating characteristics or factors
with the decision to start exercising - Answer-The nurse researcher wants to know
which factors are associated with a person's decision to exercise. The nurse distributes
a survey to people who recently joined an exercise wellness program and analyzes the
data to determine which factors and characteristics are most significantly linked to the
decision to start exercising. Which type of research study is this?
1. Qualitative
2. Descriptive
3. Correlational
, 4. Randomized controlled trial
4. Answer: 4.
In this case, the nurses need to develop a PICOT question next to search for
appropriate evidence that might offer answers to this clinical problem. - Answer-A group
of nurses have identified that the elderly patients on their unit have a high incidence or
pressure ulcers after they have a stroke. During a unit meeting they discuss different
interventions that they think may reduce the development of pressure ulcers. What is
the nurses' next step to investigate this clinical problem further?
1. Conduct a literature review
2. Share the findings with others
3. Conduct a statistical analysis
4. Create a well-defined PICOT question
5. Answer: 3, 2, 7, 6, 1, 4, 5 - Answer-Arrange the following steps of evidence-based
practice (EBP) in the appropriate order.
1. Integrate the evidence
2. Ask the burning clinical question
3. Create a spirit of inquiry
4. Evaluate the practice decision or change
5. Share the results with others.
6. Critically evaluate the evidence you gather
7. Collect the most relevant and best evidence.
6. Answer: 3.
Confidentiality - Confidentiality guarantees that any information a subject provides will
not be reported in any manner that identifies the subject and will not be accessible to
people outside the research team. - Answer-When recruiting subjects to participate in
study about the effects of an educational program to help patients at home take their
medications as ordered, the researcher tells the subjects that their names will not be
used and no one but the research team will have access to their information and
responses. This is an example of:
1. Bias
2. Anonymity
3. Confidentiality
4. Informed Consent
7. Answer: 3.
A problem-focused trigger is a clinical problem you face while caring for patients; the
nurses in this question have identified a clinical problem which they desire to investigate
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