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silviawilliams41 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A registered nurse is concerned about the patients' perceptions and feelings about the quality of life that they experience after a diagnosis of liver cancer.

Which is the most appropriate type of research study the nurse should use to gather information about this situation? a. Quantitative study
b. Randomized trial
c. Qualitative study
d. Case controlled study

Question 2

A patient with newly diagnosed diabetes is concerned about the risk for developing foot ulcers because the mother had a foot amputated as a result of the disease. This is an example of which of the following?

a. Health promotion
b. Health practices
c. Health beliefs
d. Holistic health

asdfasdf · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Qualitative research offers analysis of interviews, observations, and/or surveys to measure people's perceptions, feelings, or views of phenomena about which little is known. Randomized trial has participants divided into groups to test for the same outcome to determine if there is a difference in the effect of a treatment or intervention compared with a standard of care. A case control study compares patients who have a disease or outcome of interest with patients who do not have the disease or outcome. The researcher looks back to compare how frequently the ex-posure to a risk factor is present in each group to determine the relationship between the risk factor and disease. If quantitative data such as physical measurements and scores on surveys are collected, statistical results from the study are explained. Quantitative data do not focus on per-ceptions and feelings.

Answer to Question 2

C
Health beliefs are a person's ideas and attitudes about health. Health promotion activities such as routine exercise and good nutrition help patients maintain or enhance their present levels of health and reduce their risks for developing certain diseases. Holistic health generally is a com-prehensive view of a person as a biopsychosocial and spiritual being. Health practices are activi-ties that individuals perform to care for themselves.