The nurse is reading a research report and notices that the stated N for the study is 95. In the reports section, data are provided for 87 subjects. What is the most important question for the reader to ask about this study?
1. What is the accessible population?
2. Does the sample size that is left represent the population adequately?
3. How is dropout handled in the study?
4. Did bias in the selection of participants result in dropout?
Question 2
The nurse researcher is studying caring behaviors in a group of 125 nursing students admitted to a BSN program in a university in the southern United States. The nurse plans to collect information from each student prior to starting the nursing program, at the end of the first clinical year, and again at the end of the program. What terms could be used to describe this study? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. Historical
2. Longitudinal
3. Cross-sectional
4. Cohort
5. Random sampling
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
Research Methods
Young adults increase in self-esteem between the ages of 18 and 25, according to this longitudinal s
Study Force Courses
Seattle Longitudinal Study
Study of human diseases