NSG 6101 (NSG6101)

The emergency department (ED) is the front line to most hospitals, it is important that when patients come to the ED they are receiving the most safe and efficient care. Due to the high volumes of patients in the ED and unknown patient acuity at a given time, the ED needs to be staffed with enough nurses to handle the patient load safely. As an administrator it is important to ensure that units such as ED have sufficient staff to carry out nursing procedures in a safe and effective manner. The p...

Question 1 options: Explain relationships that exist among variables as well as the nature of those relationships Make scientific findings meaningful and generalizable Stimulate the generation of hypotheses that can be empirically tested Summarize accumulated facts The building blocks for theory are: Question 2 options: Propositions Relationships Hypotheses Concepts The major similarity between theories and conceptual models is tha...

The research design for a quantitative study involves decisions with regard to the following Question 1 options: Whether there will be a theoretical context Whether there will be an intervention What types of comparisons will be made How many times data will be collected Question 2 (1 point) One of the functions of a rigorous research design in a quantitative study is to have control over: Question 2 options: Dependent variables Ind...

Question 1 (1 point) Which of the following data collection approaches does not belong with the others? Question 1 options: Questionnaire Focused interview Life history Focus group interview Question 2 (1 point) A major purpose of a pretest of an instrument is to: Question 2 options: Detect inadequacies in an interview schedule or questionnaire Obtain some preliminary results on the research problem ...

The standard deviation of a sampling distribution is called a: Question 1 options: . Sampling error . Standard error Variance Parameter Question 2 (1 point) A statistical procedure that is used to determine whether a significant difference exists between any number of group means on a dependent variable measured on an interval scale is the: Question 2 options: t-test ANOVA Pearson's Chi-squared test Question 3 (1 point...

A descriptive question that a qualitative researcher might ask is: Question 1 options: What are the dimensions of this phenomenon? How frequently does this phenomenon occur? What is the average duration of this phenomenon? How prevalent is this phenomenon? Question 2: Quantitative and qualitative research do not have which of the following features in common? A desire to gain an understanding of the true state of human affairs Roots in nineteen...

When a researcher obtains significant results that are opposite to what was originally hypothesized, it is likely that this occurred because of: Question 1 options: Inadequate sample size Unreliable data collection instruments A flawed statistical analysis Faulty reasoning Question 2 (1 point) Which of the following strategies for utilization is most amenable to adoption by nursing students and clinical nurses? Question 2 options: . Preparing integrativ...

Sampling may be defined as the: Question 1 options: Identification of the set of elements used for selecting study participants Process of selecting a subset of the population to represent the entire population Aggregation of study participants who meet a designated set of criteria for inclusion in the study Technique used to ensure that every element in the population has an equal chance of being included in the study Question 2 (1 point) Bias in a sampl...

Sampling may be defined as the: Identification of the set of elements used for selecting study participants Process of selecting a subset of the population to represent the entire population Aggregation of study participants who meet a designated set of criteria for inclusion in the study Technique used to ensure that every element in the population has an equal chance of being included in the study Question 2 (1 point) Bias in a sample for a...