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

After reading a peer-reviewed research study in a nursing journal, a nurse wants to apply the study's findings about diet teaching to a hospital unit setting. What information is most important for the nurse to determine about the study?

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?

What is this statement? "Cultural self-efficacy is one's confidence about one's ability to work appropriately with people from another culture and is assessed by the Cultural Self-Efficacy Scale."

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

Anurse is designing a study to evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative teaching to clients undergoing total knee replacement surgery. To best identify previous research studies that investigated client teaching effectiveness, what should the nurse do first?

A nurse is conducting a study of client attitudes and feelings about registering for outpatient day surgery via the Internet. Interviews of clients using a questionnaire will be conducted and the responses will be analyzed. The nurse plans to use a codebook in conducting this research study using a quantitative design. Which statement accurately describes the purpose of the codebook for this study?

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)?

A nurse is reviewing a research article that compared Hemoglobin (Hgb) A1c findings of randomly selected 20 to 30-year-old clients with diabetes who participated in a specified 3-month strenuous exercise program with 20 to 30-year-old clients who did not participate in the exercise program. Which research design describes this study?

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?"