TEST BANK Primary Care The Art and Science of Advanced Practice Nursing – An Interprofessional Appro

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Chapter1.PrimaryCareintheTwenty-FirstCentury:ACircleofCaring

1Anursehasconductedaliteraturereviewinanefforttoidentifytheeffectofhand washingontheincidenceofnosocomial(hospital-acquired)infectionsinacutecare settings.Anarticlepresentedfindingsatalevelofsignificanceof<0.01.Thisindicates that

A)Thecontrolgroupandtheexperimentalgroupweremorethan99%similar

B)Thefindingsofthestudyhavelessthan1%chanceofbeingattributabletochance.

C)Theeffectsoftheinterventionwerenearlyzero.

D)Theclinicalsignificanceofthefindingswaslessthan1:100.

Ans:B

Feedback:Thelevelofsignificanceisthelevelatwhichtheresearcherbelievesthatthestudy resultsmostlikelyrepresentanochanceevent.Alevelofsignificanceof<0.01indicatesthat thereislessthan1%probabilitythattheresultisduetochance.

2.Anursehasexpressedskepticismtoacolleagueaboutthevalueofnursingresearch, claimingthatnursingresearchhaslittlerelevancetopracticeHowcanthenursescolleaguebest defendtheimportanceofnursingresearch?

A)Theexistenceofnursingresearchmeansthatnursesarenowabletoaccessfederalgrant money,somethingthatdidntusetobethecase

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