An adolescent is receiving an experimental medication for cancer treatment as part of a federally-funded, multi-site, randomized clinical trial. Study protocol requires that one of the adolescent's parents must be present each time the medication is infused to sign the consent to treat. While the pharmacist is preparing the 4th infusion, the nurse receives a call from the parent, who is delayed for at least 3 hours in coming to the hospital but offers verbal consent to the procedure since the previous 3 treatments have gone smoothly. What action should the nurse take?

"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."

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

Several research designs are being considered to investigate this research question. Which research design should be dropped from further consideration because it involves unethical practice? The research question is: "What is the difference in pain perception reported by clients on their first day postoperative when different types of pain management are provided?"

A nurse-manager poses this question to the intensive care unit (ICU) nursing staff and asks for staff input about the best way to approach the issue. Which approach proposed by the staff is best to use in answering this type of question: "What is the fairest method for floating the unit's staff nurses to the telemetry units during periods of low ICU client census?"

In this statement describing the methodology of a research study, how was the snowball sample obtained?

The school nurse who is preparing an anti-smoking campaign for students at a junior high school discovers a research article, published in a peer-reviewed nursing journal, which examined the recent nursing literature to uncover associations between attitudinal factors and smoking among youth populations. These authors concluded that certain attitudinal factors can help determine effective interventions that reduce smoking among youth. Which action is most important for the nurse to take using this research?

What activity by the nurse best describes the adoption of an evidence-based practice in the delivery of client care?

While a study is in progress that is designed to analyze the effects of three types of assistive devices used by clients with Parkinson's disease when ambulating, a new walker is introduced to the market, and several of the subjects begin using the new walker. Based on this occurrence, which statement is accurate?

A research study published in a peer-reviewed nursing journal describes the use of focus groups to obtain information regarding antepartal clients' understanding and recognition of danger signs associated with pregnancy. Findings indicated that health education did not translate to appropriate health behaviors and that cultural beliefs may have led to underutilization of health services. Based on these research findings, which intervention should the nurse working in an antepartal clinic implement?

An adolescent is receiving an experimental medication for cancer treatment as part of a federally-funded, multi-site, randomized clinical trial. Study protocol requires that one of the adolescent's parents must be present each time the medication is infused to sign the consent to treat. While the pharmacist is preparing the 4th infusion, the nurse receives a call from the parent, who is delayed for at least 3 hours in coming to the hospital but offers verbal consent to the procedure since the previous 3 treatments have gone smoothly. What action should the nurse take?

The nurse is comparing the effectiveness of two smoking cessation programs, Program A and Program B, which were designed for adolescent clients who reported smoking for one year or longer. Adolescents in three high schools in the American Southeast were randomly assigned to one of the two study programs. Significantly more adolescents stopped smoking after completing Program A than those who completed Program B, and the effect size was 0.8. Based on these findings, which action should the community health nurse take?