Exam 10: Research

A group of nurses have questions about the effectiveness of assessing post-surgical clients over the telephone versus assessing post-surgical clients at home.What type of research article would be most useful for the nurses to review?

What type of health research are community health nurses most likely to be involved in?

Angela and Kerry are nurses working in partnership with a university research unit on a community project focusing on women experiencing homelessness.They are using action-oriented research.What type of research are they most likely to be engaging in?

What is included in a systematic review of community health nursing research studies?

A nurse is attempting to conduct a search of the literature related to the use of condoms by men who have sex with men.What activity will allow the nurse to conduct the most efficient search?

How is number needed to treat (NNT)calculated?

What is meant by wide confidence intervals?

What is the Effective Public Health Practice Project?

What is the next step after implementing an evidenced-based practice and policy change related to head lice screening?

Which is the best description of evidenced-based nursing practice?

Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of using a systematic review.

What is the best course of action for nurses to follow when there is no research evidence to support practice?

Write one clinical question related to community health nursing practice and identify the three parts in the clinical question.What is the purpose of clinical questions?

A health department has decided to change recommended immunization techniques.There is substantial evidence to support changing the current practices of nurses and physicians who administer influenza vaccinations to children.Which dissemination method is most likely to work?

A nurse reads in a journal article,"Participants were randomized into an intervention group.The intervention group was to receive an epidural in labour.All the birth outcomes of the intervention group were analyzed in that group,regardless of whether the participants received an epidural or not." What concept is illustrated in this statement?

What is relative risk?

A nurse reads in a study on a diabetes prevention program that the odds ratio was <1.What does this mean?

A nurse is reading an article by Heater,Becker,and Olson (1988),who conducted a meta-analysis to determine the contribution of research-based nursing practice to client outcomes.What conclusion did the authors reach about clients who received research-based nursing care versus those who received routine nursing care?

A group of nurses have formulated a research question on how to best support new mothers with breastfeeding.What is the next step in the process to develop evidence-based nursing practice?

A nurse wants to do qualitative research to describe the culture of youth who live away from their parents.What research methodology should the nurse choose?