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NR 449 Week 1 Exam: Examplify Student Practice Exam

EBP is defined as - correct answer "the conscientious, explicit, & judicious use of theory-derived, research-based information in making decisions about care delivery to individuals or groups of patients & in consideration of individual needs & preferences" most include 3 components (EBP) - correct answer research-based information, clinical expertise, & patient preferences research utilization - correct answer changing a practice based on results of a single research s...

research design - correct answer encompass multiple aspects of research process - refer to a specific plan or blueprint categories of quantitative designs - correct answer identifies what is wrong - includes experimental (cause and effect), nonexpiremental ( describing a phenomenon) and quasi (mixture of both qualitative and quantitative) key concepts and principles in quantitative design - correct answer causality, probability, control, manipulation, extraneous variables, b...

Defects that increase pulmonary blood flow - correct answer L-->R -ASD -VSD -PDA -AV Canal Obstructive defects - correct answer L-->R -Aortic Stenosis -Pulmonary Stenosis -Coarctation Defects that decrease pulmonary blood flow - correct answer R-->L -Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) -Tricuspid Atresia Mixed disorders - correct answer R-->L -Transportation of the great vessels/arteries (TOGV/TOGA) -Trucus Arteriosis -Total anomalus pulmonary venous co...

Sampling bias or the error resulting from taking a non-random sample of a population include. SATA - correct answer Pre-screening Self-selection Selection from specific areas exclusion bias Threats to internal validity include which of the following? - correct answer Instrumentation Consent Treatment Multiple Treatments A Threat to internal validity resulting from loss of subjects during a study. A threat to internal validity because of events or circumstances that oc...

Nursing research focuses... - correct answer the inquiry on nursing questions and problems including practice, edu, and admin focus on what can be done What did florence nightingale discover in her research - correct answer -linked infection to control to hygiene -mortality rates: delivery at home vs hospital -benefit of human touch: anxiety and pain control NIH - correct answer US department of health and human service conducts research NINR - correct ans...

Data Collection methods - correct answer Objective & Systematic (uniform, consistent, Standard way) Define statistical significance - correct answer -Value judgment -Assess probability that results happened by chance a statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance Probability / P value - correct answer the likelihood that a result would be achieved by chance alone. (Considered significant if p ≤ .05.) -P value: 0-1 -Weight the...

Guidelines for Conducting ALL Types of Quantitative Analysis - correct answer 1. Select tests a priori 2. Run all the tests identified 3. Report all the tests that were run Goals of the Analysis - correct answer - Evaluate differences between groups (ex. control and experimental group) - Sort data - Aid in data reduction by grouping variables into overall classifications Parametric tests - correct answer Statistical tests that are appropriate for data that are normally d...