NURS 4100 Quality and Safety through Evidence-BasedPractice QSP Week 3 Quiz, Questions & Answers (100% Score)

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NURS 4100 QSP Week 3 Quiz Question 1: The purpose of the study was to: Answers: a. Evaluate the effectiveness of a process for providing patient report b. Evaluate the effectiveness of a process ... for decreasing medication errors c. Test the effectiveness of the “Patient Views on Nursing Care” survey d. Test the effectiveness of the “Nursing Assessment of Shift Report” survey Question 2: The research design for the study was: Answers: a. Correlational b. Ethnographic c. Experimental d. Quasi-experimental Question 3: The literature review indicated there were gaps in knowledge Answers: a. About the effectiveness of using the “Patient Views on Nursing Care” survey with acute inpatients. b. About quantitative patient and nurse outcomes related to patient report c. About the usefulness of bedside report in promoting nurse staff retention d. About the family perception of bedside reporting Question 4: The Patient Views on Nursing Care survey was reported to have a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.96. This means that the survey tool: Answers: a. Has face validity b. Has content validity c. Needs to be used carefully since the value is not 1.00 d. Provides consistent results with repeated use Question 5: The nursing sample were recruited by: Answers: a. E-mail and flyers b. Employee number c. Personal invitation d. Supervisor recommendation Question 6: The type of sample selection used in the study was: Answers: a. Convenience b. Purposive c. Random d. Snowball Question 7: The significant results of the Patient Views on Nursing Care survey over the three administration times were: Answers: a. Help me feel comfortable b. Listen carefully without interrupting c. Made sure I knew who my nurse was d. Tell about plans for discharge Question 8: Significant results can be identified in Table 1, “Patient Views on Nursing Care Survey”, by a p value of: Answers: a. >1.00 b. <1.00 c. <0.05 d. >0.50 Question 9: The results of the data collection indicated: Answers: a. The fall rate decreased during the 13 months while the study was being conducted. b. The medication error rate increased after the first three months of implementing the change. c. The overtime rate for the nursing staff increased significantly after the implementation of the new process. d. There was no change in any of the patient safety outcome measures during the study period. Question 10: Table 3, “Nurse Perceptions of the Report Format”, provide which of the following results? Answers: a. Combined mean values for the three survey times b. Mean values for each of the three survey times c. Only non-significant items from the survey d. Only significant items from the survey Question 11: Limitations of the study included Answers: a. Changing the way overtime was calculated during the study b. Lack of education on the change in the reporting process c. Only one acute care unit was used for the study d. Use of a convenience sample Question 12: Recommendations for future research are to: Answers: a. Conduct a pilot study to be sure the survey instruments can be answered by the patients b. Identify change champions and nursing staff who support the blended bedside report c. Include one or more items in both the patient and nurse surveys that would help quantify any inconsistencies in implementation of the practice change d. Repeat the study using different survey tools Question 13: The statistical test used to analyze the differences among the three groups of responses was: Answers: a. ANOVA b. Means and standard deviation c. Pearson Correlation d. T-Test Question 14: The authors indicated the findings of the practice change evaluation: Answers: a. Are relevant to clinical practice b. Are not relevant to clinical practice c. Need additional study before relevance to clinical practice can be determined d. Need to include all members of the health care in order to be relevant to clinical practice Question 15: The authors recommend outcome measures need to be monitored for at least: __________months to determine if the change in practice has been sustained. Answers: a. 2 b. 4 c. 12 d. 24 [Show More]

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