Primary Care: Art and Science of Advanced
Practice Nursing - An Interprofessional
Approach 5th edition Dunphy Test Bank
A+GRADED
Chapter 1. Primary Care in the Twenty-First
Century: A Circle of Caring
• A nurse has conducted a literature review in an effort to identify the
effect of handwashing 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 indicates that
• the control group and the experimental group were more than 99% similar.
• the findings of the study have less than 1% chance of being attributable to
chance.
• the effects of the intervention were nearly zero.
• 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 nonchance event. A
level of significance of <0.01 indicates that there is less than 1% probability
that the result is due to chance.
• A nurse has read a qualitative research study in order to understand the
lived experience of parentswho have a neonatal loss. Which of the
following questions should the nurse prioritize when appraising the results
of this study?
,• How well did the authors capture the personal experiences of these parents?
• How well did the authors control for confounding variables that may have
affected the findings?
• Did the authors use statistical measures that were appropriate to the
phenomenon in question?
• Were the instruments that the researchers used statistically valid and reliable?
Ans: A
Feedback: Qualitative studies are judged on the basis of how well they
capture and convey the subjective experiences of individuals.
Statistical measures and variables are not dimensions of a qualitative
methodology.
• 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 best defend the importance of
nursing research?
• The existence of nursing research means that nurses are now able to
access federal grant money, something that didnt use to be the case.
• Nursing research has allowed the development of masters and doctoral
programs and has greatlyincreased the credibility of the profession.
• The growth of nursing research has caused nursing to be viewed as a
true profession, rather thansimply as a trade or a skill.
• The application of nursing research has the potential to improve
nursing practice and patientoutcomes.
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 to education programs,
grant funding, or the public view of the profession.
• Tracy is a nurse with a baccalaureate degree who works in the labor
and delivery unit of a busyurban hospital. She has noticed that many
new mothers abandon breast-feeding their babies whenthey experience
early challenges and wonders what could be done to encourage more
women to continue breast-feeding. What role is Tracy most likely to
,play in a research project that tests an intervention aimed at promoting
breast-feeding?
• Applying for grant funding for the research project
• Posing the clinical problem to one or more nursing researchers
• Planning the methodology of the research project
• Carrying out the intervention and submitting
the results for publication Ans: B
Feedback: A major role for staff nurses is to identify questions or
problems for research. Grant applications, methodological planning,
and publication submission are normally carried out by nurses who
have advanced degrees in nursing.
• A patient signed the informed consent form for a drug trial that was
explained to patient by a research assistant. Later, the patient admitted
to his nurse that he did not understand the research assistants
explanation or his own role in the study. How should this patients nurse
respond to thisrevelation?
• Explain the research process to the patient in greater detail.
• Describe the details of a randomized controlled trial for the patient.
• Inform the research assistant that the patients consent is likely invalid.
• Explain to the patient that his written consent is now legally binding.
Ans: C
Feedback: Just as the staff nurse is not responsible for medical consent, the
staff nurse is not responsible for research consent. If patients who have
agreed to participate exhibit ambivalence or uncertainty about participating,
do not try to convince them to participate. Ask the person from the research
team who is managing consents to speak with concerned patients about the
study, even after a patient has signed the consent forms.
Multiple Selection
• A nurse leader is attempting to increase the awareness of evidence-based
practice (EBP) among the nurses on a unit. A nurse who is implementing
EBP integrates which of the following? (Select allthat apply.)
, • Interdisciplinary consensus
• Nursing tradition
• Research studies
• Patient preferences and values
• C
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Practice Nursing - An Interprofessional
Approach 5th edition Dunphy Test Bank
A+GRADED
Chapter 1. Primary Care in the Twenty-First
Century: A Circle of Caring
• A nurse has conducted a literature review in an effort to identify the
effect of handwashing 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 indicates that
• the control group and the experimental group were more than 99% similar.
• the findings of the study have less than 1% chance of being attributable to
chance.
• the effects of the intervention were nearly zero.
• 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 nonchance event. A
level of significance of <0.01 indicates that there is less than 1% probability
that the result is due to chance.
• A nurse has read a qualitative research study in order to understand the
lived experience of parentswho have a neonatal loss. Which of the
following questions should the nurse prioritize when appraising the results
of this study?
,• How well did the authors capture the personal experiences of these parents?
• How well did the authors control for confounding variables that may have
affected the findings?
• Did the authors use statistical measures that were appropriate to the
phenomenon in question?
• Were the instruments that the researchers used statistically valid and reliable?
Ans: A
Feedback: Qualitative studies are judged on the basis of how well they
capture and convey the subjective experiences of individuals.
Statistical measures and variables are not dimensions of a qualitative
methodology.
• 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 best defend the importance of
nursing research?
• The existence of nursing research means that nurses are now able to
access federal grant money, something that didnt use to be the case.
• Nursing research has allowed the development of masters and doctoral
programs and has greatlyincreased the credibility of the profession.
• The growth of nursing research has caused nursing to be viewed as a
true profession, rather thansimply as a trade or a skill.
• The application of nursing research has the potential to improve
nursing practice and patientoutcomes.
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 to education programs,
grant funding, or the public view of the profession.
• Tracy is a nurse with a baccalaureate degree who works in the labor
and delivery unit of a busyurban hospital. She has noticed that many
new mothers abandon breast-feeding their babies whenthey experience
early challenges and wonders what could be done to encourage more
women to continue breast-feeding. What role is Tracy most likely to
,play in a research project that tests an intervention aimed at promoting
breast-feeding?
• Applying for grant funding for the research project
• Posing the clinical problem to one or more nursing researchers
• Planning the methodology of the research project
• Carrying out the intervention and submitting
the results for publication Ans: B
Feedback: A major role for staff nurses is to identify questions or
problems for research. Grant applications, methodological planning,
and publication submission are normally carried out by nurses who
have advanced degrees in nursing.
• A patient signed the informed consent form for a drug trial that was
explained to patient by a research assistant. Later, the patient admitted
to his nurse that he did not understand the research assistants
explanation or his own role in the study. How should this patients nurse
respond to thisrevelation?
• Explain the research process to the patient in greater detail.
• Describe the details of a randomized controlled trial for the patient.
• Inform the research assistant that the patients consent is likely invalid.
• Explain to the patient that his written consent is now legally binding.
Ans: C
Feedback: Just as the staff nurse is not responsible for medical consent, the
staff nurse is not responsible for research consent. If patients who have
agreed to participate exhibit ambivalence or uncertainty about participating,
do not try to convince them to participate. Ask the person from the research
team who is managing consents to speak with concerned patients about the
study, even after a patient has signed the consent forms.
Multiple Selection
• A nurse leader is attempting to increase the awareness of evidence-based
practice (EBP) among the nurses on a unit. A nurse who is implementing
EBP integrates which of the following? (Select allthat apply.)
, • Interdisciplinary consensus
• Nursing tradition
• Research studies
• Patient preferences and values
• C
l
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a
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p
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