The nurse plans to conduct an experimental study to investigate this research question: "What is the difference in blood pressure between a randomized sample of children who received mindfulness meditation instruction and a similar sample of children who did not receive the instruction?" Prior to conducting this study, which action is most important for the nurse to take?

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?

The nurse leader on the risk management commitee notices an alarming increase in medication errors on a quarterly report. Which is the first step in initiating a quality improvement project?

A nurse case manager at a children’s hospital is working with the infectious disease department to determine if admissions of children with gastrointestinal parasitic illnesses increased in the month following a major flood in the area. Which research approach would be best for the case manager to use in this situation?

In constructing a research report, the sections should appear in the following order:

The nursing staff on a surgical unit decides to initiate a study aimed at reducing the rate of nosocomial infections on their unit. What resource would provide the most current and relevant information the staff needs prior to implementation of this study?

The nurse plans to conduct an experimental study to investigate this research question: "What is the difference in blood pressure between a randomized sample of children who received mindfulness meditation instruction and a similar sample of children who did not receive the instruction?" Prior to conducting this study, which action is most important for the nurse to take?

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?

"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?

In which part of the research report should this statement be placed?

Organizational atributes associated with a professional nursing practice environment have been defined within magnet hospital studies and have been found to be highly valued by U.S. nurses across a variety of hospital settings and geographic locations."

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