Week 2 Knowledge Check

A  They are too specific

B  They are missing essential elements required for a focused project

C  They are too vague

D  They include all essential elements for a focused project

A  By advertising for persons to participate in the study

B  By recruiting every other person who meets the inclusion criteria admitted on three consecutive days

C  By selecting names from a list of all members of a population in a way that allows only chance to determine who is selected

D  By selecting persons from an assumed population who meet the inclusion criteria

A  Inter-rater reliability

B  Outcome reliability

C  Confidence intervals

D  Internal validity

A  Make arrangements to get on the Nursing Practice Council’s agenda to discuss the issue

B  Discuss the study and the new method with a nurse leader, clinical nurse specialist, or nurse manager

C  Try out the new method and see how it works

D  Talk to a physician with diabetic expertise about the method

A  An adverse patient event

B  Patient dissatisfaction with care

C  A family disagreement about continuing life support of an elderly parent

D  Quality data indicating less than ideal patient outcomes

A  There are 8 chances in 100 that the finding is a chance variation

B  There are 8 chances in 100 that the finding is true

C  There are 8 chances in 10 that the finding is true

D  There are 8 chances in 100 that the finding is biased

A  To measure and describe the features or elements of a situation

B  To describe the research that has been done regarding a particular topic/issue

C  To create a case study describing the experiences of a patient with a particular problem

D  To create a descriptive model of the dynamics of a situation

A  In grounded theory research, data collection and data analysis are interspersed, not sequential.

B  Qualitative research produces rich and nuanced portrayals of the phenomenon being studies

C  There are no standards for methods of collecting data and analyzing data in qualitative research

D  Ethnographic research produces a rich portrayal of the norms, values, and social rules of a health or healthcare subculture.

A  Research conducted using phenomenological methods

B  A group of research methods aimed at capturing social process, personal experiences, perceptions, and the working of subcultures

C  Research conducted by novice researchers to develop basic research skills

D  Studies that are of very high quality