A nurse who has read several clinical research articles containing similar results will consult the policy and procedure committee about adopting a change in hospital practice based on the article with the strongest research design. Which article should the nurse choose, based on the sample size and the level of significance reported?

A group of students at a university volunteered to participate in a study of attitudes about their personal safety. The day before the study began, the nation experienced the 9/11 terrorism attacks. Which statement is accurate regarding the event associated with this study?

A nurse wishes to review the results of multiple studies on a specific infection control measure to determine best practices for a postoperative orthopedic unit. Which type of article should the nurse choose for this purpose?

A nurse-manager describes this process for IV insertions on a surgical unit: "We began requiring registered nurses (RNs) to cleanse all peripheral insertion sites with both alcohol and an iodine-based cleanser before starting an IV because several multi-institutional studies found a statistically significant decrease in IV-related septicemia rates for surgical clients when both alcohol and iodine were used as cleansers as compared with those who had alcohol only cleansing prior to IV insertions." Which statement best describes this unit's client care requirements?

Which research design is most useful in addressing this research question:

"What are the characteristics and attitudes of nurses regarding hospice care for terminally ill clients?"

Which interpretation of this statement of findings is accurate? "Several characteristics were positively associated (p <.05) with nurses' attitudes about hospice care for terminally ill clients. Nurses who reported having had oncology experience, having cared for a close friend or family member who had used hospice, and being satisfied with interactions with hospice caregivers were more likely to have discussed hospice care with terminally ill clients."

What is the population of interest for a study that includes this sample?

"Registered nurses who completed orientation within 6 months of graduation from nursing school and were current employees at the study hospital were invited to participate in the study."

In this statement describing the methodology of a research study, how was the snowball sample obtained? "From 2000 to 2004, a sample of 30 nonhospitalized women, self-identified as having postpartum depression, was recruited using network and 'snowball sampling' methods to discuss their beliefs about postpartum depression."

This sentence appears in which section of a research study report?

"Distress after a natural disaster was high at 3 months and decreased monthly for a majority of the participants, although one-third of the survivors had higher distress at 13 months than at 3 months. "

A nursing student wants to retrieve information about nurse-authored client education programs that have resulted in a reduction of sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates among American teenagers. Which source is likely to provide the greatest amount of usable material concerning this topic?

In a study of hypertension among elementary school students, the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of each child in one school was measured one time at the end of a school year. This is an example of which study design?