Which statement(s) describe the actions of the baccalaureate ...

[cartlidgeashley]

Which statement(s) describe the actions of the baccalaureate nurse graduate as a participant in the nursing research process? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Administering care at the bedside according to a research protocol
  b. Providing leadership by helping others apply scientific knowledge to practice
  c. Sharing with nursing colleagues research findings that are pertinent to practice
  d. Designing and conducting nursing research studies
  e. Functioning as a primary investigator for a research study

Question 2

The nurse is using the critical reading process to analyze a research article. The nurse is using a list of criteria to determine how well the researcher performed each step of the research process.
 
  The nurse is using a strategy to promote which type of understanding?
  a. Preliminary
  b. Comprehensive
  c. Analysis
  d. Synthesis

[kiamars2010]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, C

Feedback
Correct Following a research protocol at the bedside is an activity consistent with the practice of a nurse prepared at the baccalaureate level.
Sharing research evidence with colleagues is an activity consistent with the practice of a nurse prepared at the baccalaureate level.
Incorrect Leadership related to scientific investigation is more appropriate for a nurse prepared at the master's or higher degree level
Designing and conducting research studies are activities more appropriate for a nurse with doctoral preparation.
Functioning as a primary investigator is an activity appropriate for a nurse with doctoral preparation.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C

Feedback
A Strategies for preliminary understanding include such activities as highlighting or underlining identified steps of the research process.
B Strategies for comprehensive understanding include restating the main idea or theme of the article in one's own words.
C Strategies for analysis understanding include using criteria to critique the steps of the research process used in the study.
D Strategies for synthesis understanding include writing a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the study.

[cartlidgeashley]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[rachel]

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