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tichca

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A nurse assesses this PICOT question: In the adult hospitalized client, does a COX-2 inhibitor decrease the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding compared with other NSAIDs? What is the outcome component in this question?
 
  a. Adult hospitalized client
  b. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor
  c. Decreased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding
  d. Other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

Question 2

A medical-surgical nurse asks the nurse researcher, What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative questions? How should the nurse researcher respond?
 
  a. Quantitative questions analyze the content of what a person says or does.
  b. Qualitative questions utilize a strict statistical analysis of information.
  c. Quantitative questions identify relationships between measurable concepts.
  d. Qualitative questions ask about associations among defined phenomena.


dyrone

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The outcome component of the clinical question specifies the measureable and desired outcomes of the practice innovation. In this question, the decreased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding is the outcome. The population is adult hospitalized clients, the comparison component is NSAIDs, and innovative practice is COX-2 inhibitors.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Quantitative questions ask about the relationship between or among defined, measurable phenomena and include statistical analysis of information that is collected to answer a question. Qualitative questions focus on the meanings and interpretations of human phenomena or experiences of people and usually analyze the content of what a person says during an interview or what a researcher observes.


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