Author Question: The nurse is reading an article that states the intervention being proposed meets Stetler's level ... (Read 84 times)

Frost2351 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The nurse is reading an article that states the intervention being proposed meets Stetler's level one evidence. How should the nurse interpret this information?

1. This is evidence based upon a single experimental study.
2. There is a great deal of evidence supporting this intervention.
3. Quasi-experimental studies were used to set this level of evidence.
4. This is the lowest level of evidence in Stetler's hierarchy.

Question 2

In a qualitative study, process consent is used for which of the following reasons?

A) The researcher may need to renegotiate consent to gather more data.
B) The researcher needs consent for each of the surveys to be answered.
C) The participant may divulge private information and then regret it.
D) The participant may forget the risks involved in a study after being initially informed.

guyanai · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

2
Rationale 1: A single experimental study provides the second level of evidence.
Rationale 2: The first level is meta-analysis studies that provide evidence from multiple studies.
Rationale 3: Quasi-experimental studies provide the third level of evidence.
Rationale 4: This is the highest level of evidence in this hierarchy.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
In some qualitative studies, the researcher adjusts the data collection as the data is collected and thus the need to obtain informed consent may change. The other answers are not valid reasons for using process consent.