One of the 2020 goals of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is that of all clinical decisions be evidence-based.
2. Which type of reliability is the consistency of measurement of two or more raters?
3. Which of the fo
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One of the 2020 goals of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is that of all clinical decisions be evidence-based.
2. Which type of reliability is the consistency of measurement of two or more raters?
3. Which of the following types of studies would require the largest sample size?
4. You are examining results that are comparing three different educational degrees in nursing (diploma, ADN, and BSN) to their reported levels of commitment to the profession. The researcher set the alpha level (the level of statistical
significance) prior to the study at p< 0.05.
Which of the findings below demonstrate statistical significance, based on the researcher's alpha level?
5. What statistical test would you use to determine a relationship between hours worked by nurses in a week and medication errors?
6. Which of the following measures of central tendency would be appropriate to describe the average pulse rates of a group of hospitalized patients?
7. In this example of a PICO question: “In elderly hospitalized patients, what is the effect of hourly nursing rounds on reducing falls compared with the standard practice of bedside call lights and low bed positioning?” Hourly nursing rounds represent what element of the PICO format?
8. According to Groves, Gray and Burns (2015), which one of the following are considered barriers to evidence-based practice?
9. According to Melnyk et al (2012), what specifically is the role of the EBP mentor?
10. Identify the type of sampling method used in the following example: To obtain mothers of children with cystic fibrosis, a researcher contacted one such mother who lived in her neighborhood and asked her if she knew any other mothers of children with cystic fibrosis.
11. According to Melnyk et al (2012), what specifically is the role of the EBP mentor?
12. A sample of 75 subjects was asked by a nurse researcher to participate in a study at an immunization booth in the mall. What type of sampling method is the researcher using?
Convenience sampling
13. Descriptive statistics should be reported in every study for which of the following reasons?
14. Open-ended questions provide primarily data.
15. According to Makic et al (2014) what is the best way to confirm placement of a feeding tube when radiography is not available in a pediatric population?
16. According to Makic et al (2014), which one of these is NOT an intervention suggested for critically ill patients and frequent turning and the prevention of skin breakdown?
17. In the Iowa Model of Evidence Based Practice, if a nurse brings forward a new research article with ideas that she/he would like to consider implementing on the unit, this would be considered to be:
18. The level of significance usually set in nursing studies is at either
19. Content validity is defined as:
20. According to Peterson et al (2014), what type of evidence is considered to be the strongest?
21. A researcher notes that although no statistical significance was found, some elderly nursing home residents with dementia who were exposed to soothing music for 6 hours daily exhibited lower heart rates and less agitation. This finding would have which type of significance?
22. A power analysis is conducted to:
23. According to Makic et al (2014), which of these is NOT a role of the nurse in the prevention of venothromboembolism (VTE)?
24. A nursing student critiquing a study for her nursing research class, she feels like the study findings are generalizable to together settings and populations because
25. Cronbach’s alpha is used to determine:
26. According to Peterson et al (2014), in AACN’s 2012 rating scale level system, grouping together A, B & C levels of evidence would result in
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