Exam 2: Research Questions, hypotheses, and Clinical Questions

Which part of the following research question is the dependent variable? "How does maternal employment among health care professionals affect infant health during the first 6 months of life? "

What are the four components of a clinical question?

The nurse researcher is designing a research study.Which statement regarding independent and dependent variables is true?

The nurse researcher is attempting to design a research study.Which identified research problem has enough significance to warrant further development?

What is the purpose of a hypothesis for any study?

How is a hypothesis different from a research problem?

Which statement would be an example of a clinical question?

The initial review of the literature helps the investigator to:

What type of format is demonstrated by the following research question: "What is the lived experience of late-stage pregnancy loss among women over age 35? "

Which hypothesis is nondirectional?

What are the properties of interest in a research study that take on different values and differ with each other?

What type of hypothesis is demonstrated by the following statement? "There will be no difference in the number of adverse events among patients discharged two days after an abdominal hysterectomy compared with patients discharged four days after an abdominal hysterectomy."

There is a positive relationship between nurse attitudes toward AIDS patients and the number of AIDS patients they have cared for.Identify the type of hypothesis.

The nurse researcher notes the following statements in a research article: "This study explored changes in coping and emotion that occur between the preoperative and the postoperative period.Further,the relationship between coping and emotion preoperatively and postoperatively were evaluated.Finally,the influence of preoperative coping and emotion on postoperative emotion is documented." This section is which part of a research study?

After an idea or a clinical situation first emerges as a potential research problem for the nurse researcher,what is the appropriate next step in designing a research study?

Select the independent variable in the following research purpose: This study will compare the effect of warm and cold applications on the resolution of intravenous (IV)infiltrations in hospitalized,postoperative elderly patients.

Which hypothesis would be classified as a statistical hypothesis?

Which of the following characteristics should be evident in a fully developed research question? (Select all that apply.)

What is the key difference between the independent and dependent variables?

Which factors or considerations constitute the feasibility of a research study that proposes to include teenage mothers and their experience with postpartum depression?