An intensive care unit (ICU) nurse notices that patients seem to have more normal vital signs when they are being visited by their family members, especially when the visitors seem to be more "caring."
However, the hospital has strict visiting hours of 10 minutes every other hour. What would be the most appropriate research question to ask at this time?
a.
What is patient and family satisfaction with visitation time?
b.
What is the relationship between length of visitation and vital signs?
c.
What are the vital signs of ICU patients when visited by caring visitors in comparison with when they are alone?
d.
Do ICU patients have vital signs in the normal range more frequently when they are being visited by family members?
ANS: D
A
Satisfaction is the issue the nurse is interested in.
B
At this point the length of visitation is similar and is not the issue.
C
Although this is an interesting question, the nurse needs to first discover whether the vital signs are in the normal range more often during family visitation.
D
The nurse has only subjective data and needs to determine whether the vital signs are truly more often in the normal range with visitation.
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