General Info
What is a type of systematic review?
Meta-synthesis
Meta-analysis
Experimental
Crossover design
On what domain do phenomenologic researchers typically focus their inquiries?
Human experiences
"The goal of this study was to examine the influence of uncertainty on emotional distress and recovery following a myocardial infarction" This sentence could be best described as a
A. problem statement
B. hypothesis
C. statement of purpose
D. research questionC - statement of purpose
List 3 people groups that would be classified as a vulnerable population.
Children
Pregnant womenInstitutionalized
Chronic illnesses
Mental/Developmental Disabilities
In the following question, "having prostate cancer" is which PICO component? How does having prostate cancer affect older men's level of depression 12 months after treatment?
"I"
Intervention, Influence, Exposure
What are the three main parts of a true experimental design?
Randomization
Control
Intervention
What research question could be used for ethnographic research?
A. What is the lived experience of childbirth to women who postponed childbearing until their 40s?
B. How is a pregnant woman's age related to her request for pain control during childbirth?
C. What are the norms that inhibit the use of preventative healthcare in a Hmong refugee community in Canada?
D. What is the process of fertility decision making among women who have had several miscarriages?
C. What are the norms that inhibit the use of preventative healthcare in a Hmong refugee community in Canada?
"Psychiatric patients' adherence to social rules is related to their violent behavior" is an example of what type of hypothesis?
Nondirectional research hypothesis
Which ethical principle does the statement "above all, do no harm" exemplify?
Which study type is at the pinnacle of most evidence hierarchies?
Systematic Reviews
Single RCT
A researcher studying differences in childbirth outcomes for delivery tables and birth-chair births randomly assigned pregnant women to one of the two groups and then obtained data on 1 minute APGAR scores. The design used was:
A. nonequivalent control group design
B. crossover design
C. post-test only experimental design
D. cohort design
C. post-test only experimental design
Grounded theorists use the procedure of constant comparison to develop theoretically relevant categories. True or False?
In the hypothesis, "Postmenopausal women who are employed full time are less likely to perform breast self-examinations than those who are not employed full time," which is the outcome (dependent) variable?
Breast self-examination practice
List the 4 concepts central to models used in nursing.
Human Beings
Health
Environment
Nursing
In a study titled, "The effect of family members' support on readmission rates to an inpatient substance abuse program," which is the dependent variable?
Readmission rates
An advantage to using random sampling is that it strengthens what type of validity?
External validity
Which sampling approach might be used at the end of data collection in a qualitative study?
A. snowball sampling
B. criterion sampling
C. systematic sampling
D. sampling disconfirming cases
D. sampling disconfirming cases
"There has not been a relationship found between pain intensity experienced during labor and delivery and the well being of the infant" is an example of what type of hypothesis?
Null hypothesis
A theory that focuses on a specific aspect of human experience is called what?
A. a condition characterized by excessive body fat
B. a condition that is a high priority topic for nurse researchers
C. a score of 30 or higher on the BMI
D. a condition associated with heightened risk of health issuesC - a score of 30 or higher on the BMI
Convenience sampling is to quota sampling what simple random sampling is to:
stratified random sampling
Phenomenological studies
In the hypothesis, "There is a difference between elderly study participants with a sedentary lifestyle and elderly study participants with an active lifestyle in the elders' perceived level of self efficacy," which is the independent variable?
type of lifestyle
Which qualitative research tradition focuses on the theory of symbolic interactionism?