An intensive care unit (ICU) nurse notices that patients seem to have more normal vital signs when they are being visited by their family members, especially when the visitors seem to be more caring.
However, the hospital has strict visiting hours of 10 minutes every other hour. What would be the most appropriate research question to ask at this time?
a.
What is patient and family satisfaction with visitation time?
b.
What is the relationship between length of visitation and vital signs?
c.
What are the vital signs of ICU patients when visited by caring visitors in comparison with when they are alone?
d.
Do ICU patients have vital signs in the normal range more frequently when they are being visited by family members?
Which of the following are the three most common sources of research questions?
a. Study of clinical problems, anecdotal stories, requests by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
b. Requests by drug companies, doctoral students, review of the literature
c. Clinical problems, replication of prior research, testing nursing theory
d. Review of existing research, NIH grants, request by state board of nursing
To build the body of knowledge of nursing, a problem amenable to study should be
a. able to ensure participants that the intervention is a good idea.
b. based on published research findings and fit logically with what is already known.
c. an original area of study never researched previously.
d. able to produce results that are applicable to a variety of situations.
Which of the following is not a necessary step in the research process?
a. Review of the literature
b. Review of best practice guidelines
c. Design of the study
d. Dissemination of results
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