While a study is in progress that is designed to analyze the effects of three types of assistive devices used by clients with Parkinson's disease when ambulating, a new walker is introduced to the market, and several of the subjects begin using the new walker. Based on this occurrence, which statement is accurate?

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 nurse wishes to review the results of multiple studies on a specific infection control measure to determine best practices for a postoperative orthopedic unit. Which type of article should the nurse choose for this purpose?

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?

While a study is in progress that is designed to analyze the effects of three types of assistive devices used by clients with Parkinson's disease when ambulating, a new walker is introduced to the market, and several of the subjects begin using the new walker. Based on this occurrence, which statement is accurate?

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 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 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 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?

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 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?