Within a research hypothesis, the nurse is identifying the independent variable. An independent variable is best defined as:
a. the outcome variable of interest.
b. an abstraction or mental representation inferred from situations, events, or behaviors.
c. constructs that are knitted together in an orderly system to explain the way people function.
d. the variable that is believed to cause or influence the dependent variable.
Question 2
The nurse is studying the history of nursing research and learns that nursing research in the late 1950s and 1960s focused on:
a. developing a scientific base for clinical practice.
b. wellness, disease prevention, and health promotion.
c. effective educational preparation of professional nurses.
d. development of conceptual models and theories.
A hypothesis that suggests an explanation of the function of the gene that is defective in patients
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
Turning cell phones into basic research tools with apps
Research Methods
Juvenile buzzard being weighed for research
How the multiple-factor hypothesis accounts for the 1:4:6:4:1 phenotypic ratio