NURS6052 Week 2 Quiz (September 2019)

NURS 6052/NURS5052/NRSE6052 Essent of Evidence

Week 2 Quiz

Question 1What type of study is described in the following excerpt?

An interprofessional team wants to test a new intervention to see whether it will improve central-line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates. Subjects were randomized into either the intervention or the control group by pulling a slip of paper with either a one or a two written on it from a manila envelope (those pulling ones were randomized to the intervention group; those pulling twos were randomized to the control group). When the study began, the intervention group received the intervention and the control group received equal attention. Data was collected and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics were used to report the data.

What type of research article is this?

Question 2What type of information would help you identify a research study as qualitative? (Select all that apply.)

Question 3The methods used in conducting a systematic review are specific and rigorous.

Question 4Mixed-methods studies are a combination of which two methodologies?

Question 5In qualitative studies, results are reported using words or themes.

Question 6You are forming a team to do a systematic review of the literature about interventions to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Which of the following would be your first step?

Question 7Which of the following is a type of quantitative research study?

Question 8 What type of study is described in the following excerpt?

Surveys to evaluate nurse satisfaction, medical errors, depression and anxiety, and demographics were given to 5,432 nurses from hospitals of various sizes and geographic locations; some had nurses working 8-hour shifts and 12-hour shifts. Nurses were asked to complete the survey. Upon completion of the survey, nurses were invited to participate in video conference focus groups and one-on-one interviews with a research assistant by video conferencing. Survey results were reported using descriptive statistics, and themes were identified and reported from the data collected in the focus groups and one-on-one interviews.

Question 9Which of the following statements is true of narrative reviews? (Select all that apply.)

Question 10In a systematic review with a meta-analysis, researchers combine the results of each of the individual studies to create a larger sample size (and therefore greater power), then re-run the statistics to capture the true magnitude of the effect. The single-effect measure calculated and reported when the results from all the studies are combined is called what?

Question 11In quantitative studies, results are reported using words or themes.

Question 12What types of information would help you identify a research study as quantitative? (Select all that apply.)

Question 13What kind of study is described in the following excerpt?

Question 14What type of literature may a systematic review include to be considered Level 1 evidence on the Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt levels of evidence hierarchy?

Question 15Randomized controlled trials are which type of research?

Question 16Order the following types of research evidence reviews in order of rigor from most rigorous to least rigorous:

Question 17When trying to determine what type of research study is described in an article, which two sections of the article will give you the best information to make that determination?

Question 18Both literature reviews and systematic reviews are types of research evidence reviews.

Question 19A key characteristic of a systematic review is that it contains a meta-analysis.

Question 20Which of the following types of research can be categorized as primary research? Select all that apply.