NURS 4100 Week 3 Quiz & NURS 4100 Week 4 Quiz(Latest, 2019):Walden University  

NURS 4100 Week 3 Quiz / NURS4100 Week 3 Quiz (Latest, 2019): Quality and Safety through Evidence Based Practice- Walden University

Question 1: The Patient Views on Nursing Care survey was reported to have a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.96. This means that the survey tool:

Answers:

a. Has face validity

b. Has content validity

c. Needs to be used carefully since the value is not 1.00

d. Provides consistent results with repeated use

Question 2: The nursing sample were recruited by:

Answers:

a. E-mail and flyers

b. Employee number

c. Personal invitation

d. Supervisor recommendation

Question 3: The type of sample selection used in the study was:

Answers:

a. Convenience

b. Purposive

c. Random

d. Snowball

Question 4: The purpose of the study was to:

Answers:

a. Evaluate the effectiveness of a process for providing patient report

b. Evaluate the effectiveness of a process for decreasing medication errors

c. Test the effectiveness of the “Patient Views on Nursing Care” survey

d. Test the effectiveness of the “Nursing Assessment of Shift Report” survey

Question 5:The research design for the study was:

Answers:

a. Correlational

b. Ethnographic

c. Experimental

d. Quasi-experimental
 

Question 6: The literature review indicated there were gaps in knowledge

Answers:

a. About the effectiveness of using the “Patient Views on Nursing Care” survey with acute inpatients.

b. About quantitative patient and nurse outcomes related to patient report

c. About the usefulness of bedside report in promoting nurse staff retention

d. About the family perception of bedside reporting

Question 7: The significant results of the Patient Views on Nursing Care survey over the three administration times were:

Answers:

a. Help me feel comfortable

b. Listen carefully without interrupting

c. Made sure I knew who my nurse was

d. Tell about plans for discharge

Question 8: Significant results can be identified in Table 1, “Patient Views on Nursing Care Survey”, by a p value of:

Answers:

a. >1.00

b. <1.00

c. <0.05

d. >0.50

Question 9:The results of the data collection indicated:

Answers:

a. The fall rate decreased during the 13 months while the study was being conducted.

b.The medication error rate increased after the first three months of implementing the change.

c. The overtime rate for the nursing staff increased significantly after the implementation of the new process.

d. There was no change in any of the patient safety outcome measures during the study period.

Question 10: Table 3, “Nurse Perceptions of the Report Format”, provide which of the following results?

Answers:

a. Combined mean values for the three survey times

b. Mean values for each of the three survey times

c. Only non-significant items from the survey

d. Only significant items from the survey

Question 11: Limitations of the study included

Answers:

a. Changing the way overtime was calculated during the study

b. Lack of education on the change in the reporting process

c. Only one acute care unit was used for the study

d. Use of a convenience sample

Question 12: Recommendations for future research are to:

Answers:

a. Conduct a pilot study to be sure the survey instruments can be answered by the patients

b. Identify change champions and nursing staff who support the blended bedside report

c. Include one or more items in both the patient and nurse surveys that would help quantify any inconsistencies in implementation of the practice change

d. Repeat the study using different survey tools

Question 13: The statistical test used to analyze the differences among the three groups of responses was:

Answers:

a. ANOVA

b. Means and standard deviation

c. Pearson Correlation

d. T-Test

Question 14: The authors indicated the findings of the practice change evaluation:

Answers:

a. Are relevant to clinical practice

b. Are not relevant to clinical practice

c. Need additional study before relevance to clinical practice can be determined

d. Need to include all members of the health care in order to be relevant to clinical practice

Question 15: The authors recommend outcome measures need to be monitored for at least: __________months to determine if the change in practice has been sustained.

Answers:

a. 2

b. 4

c. 12

d. 24

NURS 4100 Week 4 Quiz / NURS4100 Week 4 Quiz (Latest, 2019): Quality and Safety through Evidence Based Practice- Walden University

Question 1 - The subjects selected to participate:

a. Are a convenience sample which is appropriate for qualitative research

b. Should have been randomly selected from the hospice agencies

c. Should have been purposely selected based on years of experience in home hospice

d. Would have provided better descriptions of issues if they had been identified through the snowball method

Question 2 - The research team was described as meeting to discuss and corroborate on the coding. This method:

a. Introduces bias into the data analysis process

b. Is an accurate process in qualitative research

c. Is a threat to the internal validity of the study

d. Should have included several of the interviewees to expand the perspective of how to code the results

Question 3 - The phase 2 data review panel is an appropriate process because it strengthens the ____________________ of the phase 1 results.

a. Credibility

b. Reliability

c. Sustainability

d. Validity

Question 4 - The purpose of this study was to:

a. Describe patient safety incidents from emergency call records

b. Explore patient safety incidents as described by patients in hospice care

c. Explore patient safety incidents as described by health care team members

d. Extract patient safety incidents from documentation in medical records

Question 5 - The methodology used in this qualitative study is appropriate because:

a. Administering a questionnaire with open-ended questions is the best method to described lived experiences

b. Broad interview questions are the best method to describe lived experiences

c. Observing patients and families in the hospice environment is the best method to describe patient safety issues

d. Using focused interview questions requiring a yes or no answer is the best method to describe lived experiences

Question 6 - The study design is:

a. Ethnography

b. Exploratory descriptive

c. Grounded theory

d. Historical

Question 7 - The results of the study are presented as themes that emerged from the data analysis. To provide an accurate reflection, they need to be supported by:

a. A table listing the number of times the theme was mentioned by the interviewees

b. Direct quotes from previous studies that reported the same theme

c. Direct quotes and examples from the interview transcription

d. Paraphrased quotes from the interview transcription

Question 8 - The summary of common patient safety harms and contributing factors that were categorized under the themes in Table 1 includes all but:

a. Caregiver’s physical and/or cognitive limitations

b. Medical errors made by the health care providers

c. Patient or caregiver difficulty in understanding care instructions

d. Poor or physically hazardous living conditions

Question 9 - The most commonly cited contributing factor for patient safety incidents discussed in the phase 1 interviews was:

a. Frail or debilitated patients living alone, or being left alone by caregivers

b. Injuries from falls

c. Medication diversion by family members or caregivers

d. Non-adherence to instructions provided by the hospice team

Question 10 - The limitations of the study were identified as:

a. Sample size

b. Selection of interview process

c. The type of opening questions may have prompted responses from the interviewees

d. The data analysis process

Question 11 - The authors recommend additional research should be conducted.

a. This is an expected result of qualitative research

b. This should only be discussed in quantitative research articles

c. This should be presented as a hypothesis to be tested

d. This skews the results of the data analysis

Question 12 - The researchers controlled bias and preconceptions by:

a. Asking the interviewees to critique and recommend changes to the questions

b. Recruiting participants from the Population-based Palliative Care Research Network

c. Selecting interview questions from a national data bank of qualitative interview questions

d. Using the International Classification for Patient Safety definition as a guide when developing the interview questions

Question 13 - The data collection method was appropriate for qualitative research because it used:

a. Administration of a questionnaire to families of hospice patients

b. Extraction of patient safety incidents from medical records

c. Interviewing health care providers about experiences with home hospice patient safety incidents which gives first- hand knowledge

d. Participant observation of care being provided to home hospice patients

Question 14 - Which of the following qualitative appraisal credibility criteria would be of concern to the nurse evaluating the results?

a. Conducting the participant interviews by telephone

b. Improving the interview guide to probe for additional types of patient safety incidents in the home

c. The study was published in a non-peer reviewed journal

d. Using a computer program with qualitative analysis software to assist in the data analysis

Question 15 - Which statement accurately reflects analysis of the sample of 62 hospice workers in Phase 1?

a. The sample is too small for qualitative research to provide any significant results.

b. The sample is too large for the study to be classified as a qualitative study.

c. Sample size isn’t of concern as sampling continues until data saturation is met.

d. Sample size isn’t of concern as sampling continues until all interested persons have the opportunity to be interviewed.