A nurse researcher brings a group of breast cancer survivors together to discuss their experience with chemotherapy side effects and treatment. The nurse researcher is using which form of assessment to collect the data?
a. Review of the literature c. Focus group or interview
b. Survey or questionnaire d. Advisory board
C
Focus groups are small groups of individuals selected because of a common characteristic. The focus
group is invited to meet as a group and respond to questions about a topic of common interest or in
which they have expertise.
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A patient has sustained a stroke. The speech therapist tells you that the patient cannot control his epiglottis. You know that this patient
a. is at increased risk of aspiration. c. will need a tracheostomy to breathe. b. will need surgery to close his epiglottis. d. is at risk for a pneumothorax.
The nursing student attempting to validate an Internet source wonders whether the source's author is credible in the field. How can this student make this determination? (Select all that apply.)
1. Review the author's credentials. 2. Assume the author is credible because he or she is published on the Internet. 3. Conduct a literature search using the author's name. 4. Look for links to information about the author. 5. Identify sites sponsored by the author individually as valid.
How can the nurse best support the spiritual development of a hospitalized 5-year-old?
A) Encourage the child to pray before each meal. B) Listen to the child's routine bedtime prayer. C) Ask the child who God is. D) Bring a Bible storybook in to read to the child at bedtime.
The nurse is teaching a caregivers' support group for caretakers of older adult patients. The focus is medication compliance. The nurse determines that learning has occurred when the caregivers make which response?
1. "We should crush their medicine and put it in applesauce so they will swallow it." 2. "We should use a medication management box so they won't forget to take it." 3. "We should ask the doctor if all the medication is really necessary." 4. "We should give them more education about the medicine so they will take it."