Final Exam - 2 Flashcards
Insiders view
Emic
Outsiders view
Etic
In historical research study who or what constitutes the sample of the study?
Data sources
Evidence-based practice has been established to advance nursing practice. Which of the following best describes evidence-based practice?
Utilization of the best available evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences/values in making clinical decisions.
Which research question will indicate to the nurse researcher that a historical approach was used in the research study?
What was Nightingale’s involvement in sanitary reforms during the 1860s?
Those things that are perceived by our senses are called _______
Phenomena
Which aspect of the following research question constitutes the context? “What is the grief experience of women from rural Mexico who have a late-stage pregnancy loss?”
Rural Mexico
The nurse researcher is attempting to grade the strength of a body of evidence used in a research study. How can the researcher grade the evidence for consistency?
Consistency is the degree to which studies that have similar and different designs (but investigate the same research question) report similar findings.
Which factors or considerations constitute the feasibility of a research study that proposes to include teenage mothers and their experience with postpartum depression?
Availability of participants
A nurse researcher writes an article for a professional journal based on his previously conducted research on variables that predict obesity in children. Which of the following best describes this research activity?
Dissemination
The choice to use either qualitative or quantitative research methods is guided by the ________ _______.
Research question
What type of format is demonstrated by the following research question: “What is the lived experience of late-stage pregnancy loss among women over age 35?”
Phenomenologic
Which statement is consistent with an emic view of a factor or situation?
White teenager’s statement that being “skinny” as a teen is more socially acceptable than being of normal weight or overweight
Which statement is consistent with an emic view of a factor or situation?
White teenager’s statement that being “skinny” as a teen is more socially acceptable than being of normal weight or overweight
What criterion of scientific rigor for qualitative research is met when the research report leads the reader from the research question and raw data through the steps of analysis and interpretation of the data?
Auditability
Which action demonstrates the role of a knowledgeable consumer of nursing research?
Evaluating the credibility of the research findings
Which title suggests an ethnographic study?
The phenomenon of breast self-examination among African American women
Which statement represents a potential area of research for a novice nurse researcher?
“It seems that most of the patient falls on our unit occur during the night shift.”
How should the number of subjects for participation in a qualitative study be determined?
Data are collected from new subjects until no new information is generated.
Which part of the following research question is the dependent variable?
“How does maternal employment among health care professionals affect infant health during the first 6 months of life?”
Infant health
The nurse researcher is attempting to use the critical reading process as she/he analyzes a research article. The nurse identifies the main theme of the article and states it in her/his own words in two sentences. Which critical reading process strategy is the researcher using?
Strategy for comprehensive understanding
Select the independent variable in the following research purpose: This study will compare the effect of warm and cold applications on the resolution of intravenous (IV) infiltrations in hospitalized, postoperative elderly patients.
Warm and cold applications
What would be an appropriate EBP performance criterion for an advanced practice nurse?
Serves as a coach and mentor in EBP
The nurse researcher is conducting a research study using a dozen subjects who were interviewed regarding their experience with postpartum depression. The researcher opts for a qualitative research design. What would be the most accurate rationale for the researcher choosing this type of design?
Qualitative research collects data from a small number of subjects, allowing for in-depth study of a phenomenon.
The nurse is working with a 28-year-old male with recurrent furunculosis (skin boils) for the past 8 months; these episodes have been treated with drainage and several courses of prophylactic antibiotics but keep recurring. The patient asks if the recurrences can be prevented. Which of the following is the best example of a PICO question for this situation?
In patients with recurrent furunculosis, do prophylactic antibiotics, compared to no treatment, reduce the recurrence rate?
Which mode of clinical application would be a nurse explaining the various stages of grief to a widow, reassuring her that the nurse will assist her through the process and that others have successfully made their way through the grief process?
Anticipatory guidance
What are the four components of a clinical question?
Population, intervention, comparison, outcome
Which type of format is demonstrated by the following research question: “Is there a relationship between self-esteem and body weight among postmenopausal women?”
Correlational
The nurse researcher is attempting to design a research study. Which identified research problem has enough significance to warrant further development?
Obese adults are at risk for development of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Which of the following is a reason for nurses who do not conduct research to understand the nursing research process?
To be able to evaluate nursing research reports for relevance for their clinical practice.
In reading a report of a phenomenologic study, the nurse researcher finds direct quotes from the participants threaded throughout the narrative. What is the significance of this observation?
Research is supporting their findings
A nurse researcher who is considering whether to use a qualitative research design should be aware that the focus of qualitative research is what?
Studying human experiences that occur within a person’s natural setting
The determining factor for a researcher in selecting a qualitative research approach should be what?
The nature of the research question
Term synonymous with paradigm
Worldview
Which research topic would most likely be studied through a qualitative research approach?
The meaning of health and health promotion among low-income Southern rural women.
How is the number of subjects for participation determined for a qualitative study
Data are collected from new subjects until data saturation is reached.
When a researcher analyzes data from a phenomenologic study, what is the final synthesis of participants’ reported experiences?
Description of the lived experience
Scientific rigor for qualitative research is met when the research report leads the reader from the research question and raw data through the steps of analysis and interpretation of the data?
Auditability
The nurse researcher reports that after data collection was completed, a follow-up focus group session with participants was used to validate that the participants agreed the findings were true to their own experiences. What aspect of the study does this support?
The study’s credibility
A nurse is designing a study to determine whether a videotape or a written pamphlet is more effective in teaching young women how to perform breast self-examination (BSE). Which of these actions would provide the best control for a mediating variable?
Exclude subjects who already perform BSE on a regular basis
A nurse researcher assigns half a study sample to an experimental group and the other half to a control group. What does this action represent?
Manipulation of the independent variable
