The nurse researcher explains to a co-worker that the priority in ...

[crazycityslicker]

The nurse researcher explains to a co-worker that the priority in funding for research today is research studies that examine
 
  a. effectiveness of care as evidenced by specified outcomes.
  b. how standards improve the cost effectiveness of therapies.
  c. if local standards of care measure up to national standards.
  d. ways to determine whether health disparities are being addressed.

Question 2

The nursing instructor explains that defining rural is often difficult because
 
  a. agencies use multiple different definitions.
  b. everyone's ideas of rural are different.
  c. there has been no need to define this population.
  d. there is no interest in defining this population.

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Answer to Question 1

A
Outcomes research is a priority in health care research today. Meeting outcomes demonstrates effective and accountable practice and, in fact, is a required element of research.
Using standards of care may improve cost effectiveness of therapies, but determining this is not as important as determining whether care meets stated outcomes.
Local standards of care should, for the most part, be reflective of national standards.
Health disparities are important, especially as addressed in Healthy People 2010, but determining whether these had been addressed would be a form of outcomes research, which is too narrow in scope to be the correct answer.

Answer to Question 2

A
Many governmental agencies use different definitions of rural. In this country, there are more than 15 official definitions of rural.
Although people may have different ideas of what the word rural means, this is not the reason defining it is difficult.
There is a need and an interest in defining the rural population.

[crazycityslicker]

Great answer, keep it coming

[bitingbit]

Excellent