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 2Which 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 3A 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 4The 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 5A 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.