A nursing research team from a hospital would like to quickly ...

[Beheh]

A nursing research team from a hospital would like to quickly disseminate findings from its study to the nurses in its local area. Which strategy should this team employ?
 
  1. Work to get the findings published in a research journal.
  2. Apply to present the findings as a poster presentation in a national conference.
  3. Organize a research day at the hospital.
  4. Get the findings published in a practice journal.

Question 2

You have been a nurse manager for 2 months and are told that the budget process will begin. You ask for information about the process. What would you be told? Select all that apply.
 
  1. The CNO and the CFO are responsible for the nursing department budget.
  2. The budget is prepared and submitted to the CEO.
  3. Your role is to act as a reviewer of the nursing department budget.
  4. Budgeting requires compromises during the process.
  5. Annual budgets are developed in a short-time period, such as a month.

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Answer to Question 1

3
Explanation: 1. This is a very good method of disseminating the findings to a national forum, but takes time and would not be the best plan for these nurses.
2. This is a good forum for dissemination of findings, but locating a conference that is local and will be held quickly is difficult. The planner of such a conference generally chooses the poster presentations through a selection process that takes time and is held several weeks prior to the date of the conference.
3. This is the best way for these results to be disseminated. This event could be co-sponsored by the hospital and any nursing programs in the area. These events do take planning, but are not as planning intensive as national events.
4. When practice journals describe research findings, it is generally done as part of a secondary article. While some staff nurses are more likely to read about findings in a practice journal, the entire study would not be published. Also, having an article accepted for inclusion in a journal is a time consuming process.

Answer to Question 2

1, 2, 4
Explanation: 1. The CNO is responsible for the nursing department budget development with help from the CFO.
2. Ultimately the CEO must review and approve the total budget.
3. Your role is to prepare a budget for your unit, which becomes part of the nursing department budget.
4. Budgeting requires compromises during the process as not everyone will get what they want.
5. Developing the budget takes time, and has many levels of participation and drafts.

[Beheh]

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[bigsis44]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review