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?

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 atacks. What statement is accurate regarding the event associated with this study?

A cross-sectional design was used to compare the sleep quality of third trimester pregnant women with non-pregnant women. Findings indicated that pregnant women suffer significantly more from poor sleep quality than non-pregnant women and that sleep quality of pregnant women was related to stress and depression. Based on the findings of this study, which intervention should the nurse working in a women's health clinic implement?

Which statement should be found in the results section of a research article?

A researcher is preparing a timeline for a new study. At what point in the design process should the researcher seek approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB)?

Which question is formulated in a manner that is best answered through a research study rather than through other ways of knowing about the clinical subject mater?

A nurse who works in a gerontology clinic is asked to examine the effectiveness of Vitamin D in improving bone mineral density among older clients. The nurse evaluates four recent studies on the topic. Which study provides the best evidence to support the use of vitamin D?

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?

A convenience sample was used to study nurses' experience with workplace violence. Findings indicated that nurses and those who received peer support were more likely to report incidents of workplace

A nurse-manager describes this process for IV insertions on a surgical unit: "We began requiring 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 septicaemia 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."