Which interpretation of this statement of findings is accurate?

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

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?

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?"

Which interpretation of this statement of findings is accurate?

A nurse-manager wants to determine if clients discharged in warmer months from a postoperative orthopedic unit are more likely to adhere to a daily exercise regimen than those discharged during colder months. The nurse wants clients to have an equal chance of participating in the study and plans to access the hospital's patient database to identify those discharged from the orthopedic unit after joint replacement surgery during the past 12 months.

What type of sampling method should the researcher choose to best answer the study question?

The nurse is conducting a research study on the effects of back massage on older adults. Baseline pulse and blood pressure measurements are obtained for each subject. One-half of the subjects receive a back massage, and the other half does not. Three sets of blood pressure and pulse measurements are taken on all subjects following the back massage received by one half of the subjects. Ten minutes are spent with each subject while taking these measurements. What is the independent variable?

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

Which finding represents a limitation to the study that the researcher should explain when parametric statistics were used to analyze the data?

The number of subjects in a study increased between the time the study was begun and the date the researcher concluded the data collection. Which is the most likely research design for this study?

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?