How do practicing nurses participate in critical appraisal of research?
a. By adhering to evidence-based practice guidelines and best practices
b. By presenting findings from their own outcomes research
c. By questioning the quality, credibility, and meaning of studies
d. By reading research journals to keep current in knowledge and practice
ANS: C
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a. The antiretroviral and other medications must be taken together. b. The antiretroviral should be taken alone and not with other medications. c. The antiretroviral and other medications must be taken with milk. d. The antiretroviral should be taken with water 30 minutes before eating.
Family members who will be caring for a client at home who previously sustained a moderate to severe head injury are concerned about managing the client's personality and behavior changes once the client is home
What is the nurse's best approach to this problem? A. Advise the family to point out unacceptable behavior to the client. B. Limit visitors until the client's personality and behaviors stabilize. C. Teach the family to develop a home routine that provides structure, repetition, and constancy. D. Remind the family that the client will eventually achieve the same level of cogni-tive, physical, and emotional functioning that was present before the injury.
Which of the following questions or statements would be most useful for the nurse to make when eliciting information about a client's sexual history?
A) "We need to talk about this." B) Why did you have unprotected sex? C) "How would you describe the problem? D) I need to know sex partners' numbers."
A nurse researcher is planning to conduct secondary analysis on data collected for a previous study. Which are valid rationale for this plan? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. So much data was collected in the first study that is was not possible to analyze it in one study. 2. Secondary analysis studies are efficient. 3. Because data is expensive to collect, it might as well be used to its full extent. 4. Secondary analysis studies are safe as data has already been validated. 5. Secondary analysis could help the researcher understand the effect of treatment on a different population.