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A nurse researcher is planning a study using a procedure for quantitatively combining the results of many research studies that measure the same outcome. The data will be combined into a single pool or summary estimate of results.
 
  The nurse's research will most likely involve which of the following designs? a. Correlation c. Follow-up study
  b. Meta-analysis d. Longitudinal research

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of the changes seen in health care delivery as a result of the introduction of managed care?
 
  a. Employee Christmas parties can no longer be held on the unit.
  b. Cyclical work schedules are used.
  c. More UAPs have been hired and they have been allowed a wider scope of re-sponsibilities.
  d. RN salaries have gone up over the past 10 years.

Question 3

A nurse manager is preparing to develop a research proposal. The manager reviews the Iowa Model of Evidence-based Practice to Promote Quality Care and decides to base the research question around one of the problem-focused triggers identified
 
  in the model. The nurse manager will most likely choose which of the following triggers? a. Philosophies of Care
  b. New Research or Other Literature
  c. Identification of Clinical Problem
  d. National Agencies or Organizational Standards and Guidelines

Question 4

The impact of spiraling health care costs on the nursing profession is demonstrated by the fact that:
 
  a. RN salaries are stagnant.
  b. Nurse practitioners are used as primary caregivers for patients with routine health problems.
  c. Hospitals are hiring fewer UAPs and more RNs.
  d. Nursing schools have had to close due to low enrollment.

Question 5

A new nursing graduate is working on a unit project regarding patient care and GI treatments.
 
  While interviewing a patient, who has been incessantly complaining about his lack of daily bowel movements (complete with graphic details about the type and consistency), the new nursing graduate tells the patient that if he is not quiet she will give him an enema he will never forget. This is an example of: a. invasion of privacy. c. assault.
  b. battery. d. defamation.

Answer to #1

B
The nurse researcher will most likely conduct a meta-analysis. Correlation research explores the
interrelationship among variables of interest. A follow-up study is the subsequent or long-term study
of people who have received a specific treatment. A longitudinal study is designed to collect data at
more than one point in time, in contrast to a cross-sectional study.

Answer to #2

C

Feedback
A This is not a result of managed care.
B This is not a result of managed care.
C To cut the personnel budget, hospitals have hired more UAPs and given them greater responsibilities.
D This is not a result of managed care.

Answer to #3

C
The nurse manager will most likely choose Identification of Clinical Problem as the
problem-focused trigger. The Iowa Model identifies several problem-focused triggers, including risk
management data, process improvement data, internal/external benchmarking data, financial data, and
identification of clinical problem. According to the Iowa Model, philosophies of care, standards and
guidelines, national agency or organizational standards and guidelines would be considered
knowledge-focused triggers..

Answer to #4

B

Feedback
A This is not true.
B Advanced practice nurses' roles have changed dramatically, and they are being used for routine health decisions.
C This is not true.
D This is not true.

Answer to #5

C
Threatening to touch (or treat) another person without his consent is a definition of assault. By
threatening to give the patient an enema he will never forget if he is not quiet, the new nursing
graduate has threatened to give a treatment (enema) against his will. Battery is the actual act of giving
the enema (treatment), and defamation is the act of giving intentionally false information,
communication, or publication such as making a statement that could cause a patient to lose his job.

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