Nurses on a busy medical schedule want to reduce documentation time and improve order entry. Additionally, patient records from previous visits are often incomplete or do not include care from other providers
To improve patient care, a taskforce suggests using an Electronic Medical Record for 1 month to determine whether this provides the desired outcomes. This unit is participating in which type of study?
a. Ethnography
b. Pilot
c. Secondary data analysis
d. Phenomenology
ANS: B
Correct: Pilot studies are small-scale studies often referred to as feasibility studies to determine if a larger more sophisticated research study is needed.
Incorrect:
a. Ethnography is the study of cultures where the research is immersed in the culture.
c. Secondary data analysis is using data already collected to answer another research question.
d. Phenomenology is qualitative research studying the "lived experience."
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