Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs ...

[Brittanyd9008]

Research is designed to test the idea of providing companion dogs to elders in a major hospital, in order to determine the effect upon the elders' level of orientation. (The dogs' level of orientation will not be a focus of the research.)
 
  This type of study can do which of the following?
  a. Control
  b. Describe
  c. Explain
  d. Predict

Question 2

A researcher who desires to determine the cause-and-effect relationship between
 
  between requiring that all children under the age of 8 will ride in special care harnesses and the subsequent rate of children's spinal cord injury will consequently utilize which form of nursing research?
  a. Descriptive research
  b. Outcomes research
  c. Qualitative research
  d. Quantitative research

[blazinlyss]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Control is the ability to manipulate the situation to produce the desired outcome. Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and, sometimes, the relationships among them. Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies the reasons why certain events occur. The ability to estimate the probability of a specific outcome in a given situation in nursing practice is known as prediction. The researcher's focus is on predicting what is likely.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Quantitative research, the most frequently used method, is a formal, objective, systematic methodology to describe variables, test relationships, and examine cause-and-effect interactions. Quantitative research includes experimental research, which is the method for testing cause-and-effect relationships between and among specific variables. Qualitative research methods are used for explaining meanings and describing experiences in context. Descriptive research involves identifying and understanding the nature of phenomena and, sometimes, the relationships among them. Outcomes research examines the end result of care in huge populations, most often retrospectively, using a database.

[Brittanyd9008]

Thank you

[blazinlyss]

No problemo