South Texas College RNSG 4325 Nursing Research Knowledge Check 2

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NURS 4325 Nursing Research Knowledge Check 2 1. One of the 2020 goals of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is that ________ of all clinical decisions be evidence-based. 2. Which type of reliability i... s the consistency of measurement of two or more raters? Interrater 2. Which of the following types of studies would require the largest sample size? Correlational 3. You are examining results that are comparing three different educational degrees in nursing (diploma, ADN, and BSN) to their reported levels of commitment to the profession. The researcher set the alpha level (the level of statistical significance) prior to the study at p< 0.05. Which of the findings below demonstrate statistical significance, based on the researcher's alpha level? A significant difference was found among diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate graduates' scores (r =.40, p = .001). 4. What statistical test would you use to determine a relationship between hours worked by nurses in a week and medication errors? r- Pearson product moment 5. Which of the following measures of central tendency would be appropriate to describe the average pulse rates of a group of hospitalized patients? Mean 6. In this example of a PICO question: “In elderly hospitalized patients, what is the effect of hourly nursing rounds on reducing falls compared with the standard practice of bedside call lights and low bed positioning?” Hourly nursing rounds represent what element of the PICO format? I - intervention 7. According to Groves, Gray and Burns (2015), which one of the following are considered barriers to evidence-based practice? [Show More]

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