The nursing leaders at a county hospital are aware of the need for rigor during the implementation of an EBQI project that will address emergency department triage. How should the leaders apply rigor to this project?
A) By ensuring that instruments for measuring effectiveness have face and content validity
B) By justifying their choice of methodology in terms of the clinical question and the characteristics of the site
C) By seeking ethical approval and patient consent prior to beginning the project
D) By ensuring that resources will not be wasted and patients will not be placed at risk
Question 2
A group of nurse researchers is excited that the smoking-cessation intervention they developed and tested with pregnant women is nearly twice as effective as traditional treatment.
Buoyed by the significance of their findings and the gravity of smoking, the nurses have proceeded to contact the media. Which of the following factors is likely to have the greatest effect on a reporter's decision on whether to report these findings?
A) The loss of life and staggering healthcare costs associated with smoking
B) The potential interest that the public may have in the story
C) The lack of success associated with many other smoking-cessation programs
D) The interests of tobacco companies and retailers
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
nursing team
Domains of nursing practice
Communication throughout the nursing process
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