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."

In a study of hypertension among elementary school students, the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of each child in one school was measured one time at the end of a school year. This is an example of which study design?

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

An adolescent is receiving an experimental medication for cancer treatment as part of a federally-funded, multi-site, randomized clinical trial. Study protocol requires that one of the adolescent's parents must be present each time the medication is infused to sign the consent to treat. While the pharmacist is preparing the 4th infusion, the nurse receives a call from the parent, who is delayed for at least 3 hours in coming to the hospital but offers verbal consent to the procedure since the previous 3 treatments have gone smoothly. What action should the nurse take?

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?

Which characteristic of a research statement is missing in this statement?

A nurse reads this statement from the results section of a research article published in a peer-reviewed nursing journal: "Data analysis indicated a statistically significant increase in nosocomial infection rates in postoperative clients in the intensive care unit at Hospital A as compared to infection rates of a similar sample at Hospital B, but the incidence of client complications from these infections was minimal at both institutions." Which action should the nurse take based on the correct interpretation of this research finding?

Which study design allows for manipulation of independent and dependent variables?

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?

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?"

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?