NSG 6101 Week 10 Knowledge Check with Answers
1. When a researcher obtains significant results that are opposite to what was originally hypothesize, it
... [Show More] is likely that this occurred because of:
2. Which of the following strategies for utilization is most amenable to adoption by nursing students and clinical nurses?
3. An assessment of the implementation potential of a nursing innovation includes which of the following activities?
4. If a finding report in the research literature is judge not to be clinically relevant. The next step would be to
5. Researchers can improve the prospects for utilization by doing all of the following except:
Question 1 (1 point)
When a researcher obtains significant results that are opposite to what was originally hypothesized, it is likely that this occurred because of:
Question 1 options:
Inadequate sample size
Unreliable data collection instruments
A flawed statistical analysis
Faulty reasoning
Question 2 (1 point)
Which of the following strategies for utilization is most amenable to adoption by nursing students and clinical nurses?
Question 2 options:
. Preparing integrative reviews
Replicating research studies
Making presentations at nursing conferences
Reading professional journals widely and critically
Question 3 (1 point)
An assessment of the implementation potential of a nursing innovation includes which of the following activities?
Question 3 options:
Assessment of clinical relevance
Assessment of likely costs and benefits
Assessment of the study's generalizability
Assessment of the scientific merit of the study
Question 4 (1 point)
If a finding reported in the research literature is judged not to be clinically relevant, the next step would be to
Question 4 options:
Search for another topic in the research literature
Evaluate the scientific merit of the studies in which similar findings were obtained
Assess the transferability of the findings to a new setting
Determine the costs and benefits of implementing the innovation
Question 5 (1 point)
Researchers can improve the prospects for utilization by doing all of the following except:
Question 5 options:
Conducting high-quality, methodologically sound studies
Disseminating results to a broad audience
Offering clinical nurses resource support for a utilization project
Discussing the clinical implications of their study results in their research reports [Show Less]