A research study validates the positive effect that a nursing ...

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A research study validates the positive effect that a nursing intervention, patient journaling, has on decreasing spiritual distress during cancer recovery. This would be an example of which type of research evidence?
 
  a. Control
  b. Description
  c. Explanation
  d. Prediction

Question 2

A research study investigating the benefits of ambulation after cesarean section would be an example of which type of research evidence?
 
  a. Control
  b. Description
  c. Explanation
  d. Prediction

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Control indicates the ability to use a prescribed intervention to produce a desired outcome.
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
Through prediction the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired outcome.
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.