Module 1 & 2 Quiz Flashcards
Which of the following is an example of a grand theory?
Nursing Process Theory
Chapter 8, Slide 4
What is the purpose for an article identified as a literature review?
synthesize research evidence on a topic
A literature review is an objective synthesis of evidence on a particular topic. It may talk specifically about one or a few articles, but largely it provides a citation for articles. The abstract is used to give readers an understanding of the contents of the study. Peer-reviewing is part of a process to determine if an article is able to be published. A literature review is conducted on studies already published.
What can be used when searching article databases to ensure two words are placed together in the article? (for example you want: Patient Education on Fall Prevention, where patient and education are together, rather than getting Patient Fall Reduction Through Education, where they are separated)
quotation marks around the two words
quotation marks placed around two words like “patient education” will ensure the search results have those two words together. Using and means the results will have both words somewhere in the article. Searching for only the two words will yield broad results that has no guarantee of the words being together. Clicking the peer reviewed box limits the results to peer reviewed articles but does not guarantee the results would have the two words together in the article.
Which type of research design would use a research question to find the meaning in something?
Phenomenological studies investigate the meaning of a lived experience. Grounded theory focuses on process. Ethnography ask descriptive questions about culture. A clinical trial is a type of quantitative article and would focus on the relationship between two variables.
Read the following PICO Question: In patients with type 2 Diabetes, what is the effect of a once weekly injection of Ozempic versus sliding scale insulin on fasting blood glucose?
Which part of the question would be the comparison?
In the question the P is patients with type 2 diabetes. The I or intervention is ozempic. The current practice or comparison is sliding scale insulin. The outcome is the blood glucose levels.
Which component is part of informed consent?
Full disclosure and self-determination are two principles involved in informed consent. Informed consent requires a participant to understand the risks, benefits, and purpose of a study as well as the ability to refuse to participate. Beneficence, justice, and debriefing are important ethical considerations but are not part of informed consent.
What part of a research study describes the participants in the study?
The sampling plan discusses who they chose for the study. The sample can include the people, gender, ages, health conditions, or any restrictions used to prohibit people from being included in the study.
The research design describes the type of study. Some examples from previous chapters would be a clinical trial, an observational study, a phenomenological study, or an ethnographic study. Some articles may define their article as quantitative or qualitative, but they may use the more specific research design only.
Study procedures describe the details of the study. An example. A study that tested the effect of a medication for a response would describe that for a six-month time period patients were administered this medication when a specific event occurred, and the results were recorded and documented for six months. Another procedural concern is addressing human rights. The procedure for this could include several options such as informing the patients and getting informed consent or getting institutional review board approval for the study.
The data analysis will describe the method used to analyze the results, and this is expounded upon in the results section
A researcher measured stress levels numerically between a group of nursing students versus a group of accounting students. What type of study is this?
observational
The study does not introduce an intervention or change. It measures stress between two groups of individuals and would be a non-experimental study or an observational study. A clinical trial would have an intervention. Ethnographic and grounded theory are qualitative studies.
Which of the following is a barrier to implementing evidence-based practice?
Information being contained in journal articles
A barrier is something that impedes the progress of something. A barrier for EBP would include multiple types of studies being needed to justify a change, nurses not readily reading or having access to published journals, nurses being set in practice and being resistant to change, and difficulty finding time for new interventions.
If a hospital gave paid time off for classes, if nurses loved change, and if one study was sufficient to make a change in practice then EBP would be implemented far easier than it is today.
A nursing student does not wear gloves when giving intravenous medications because it was learned through watching a preceptor perform the procedure this way. Which source of knowledge explains this behavior?
Authority
Authority is when nurses base practice on what a seasoned person, textbook, or instructor does or tells them. Disciplined research is ideal and uses evidence to support practice. Clinical experience is subjective and is not generalizable and trial and error would involve trying several interventions to see if one worked better.
