When a participant plays more than one role in a qualitative study (e.g
, the RN in a nursing home not only was a team leader but also was the daughter of one of the nursing home residents), the researcher is using a technique that is known as looking for:
A) Subject triangulation
B) Stepwise replication
C) Negative case analysis
D) Disconfirming evidence
D
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Three weeks after delivering her first child, a woman tells the nurse, "I waited so long for this baby and now that she is here, I can't believe how different my life is from what I expected." What is the best nursing response to the woman's statement?
a. "How is your partner adjusting to the change?" b. "I hear this from a lot of first-time mothers." c. "Have you told anyone else about your feelings?" d. "Tell me how things are different."
The nurse who coordinates and manages a patient's care with other members of the health care team is functioning in the role of:
a. Teacher b. Collaborator c. Researcher d. Advocate
During her childbearing experience, an African-American woman will most likely:
1. seek prenatal care early in her pregnancy. 2. avoid self-treatment of pregnancy-related discomfort. 3. request liver in the postpartum period to prevent anemia. 4. arrive at the hospital in advanced labor.
The nurse is reviewing laboratory data for a patient who is receiving total parental nutrition. Which lab value should be immediately brought to the physicians attention:
a) BUN of 60 c) Serum glucose 328 d) Potassium of 3.5