A nurse develops the following PICOT question: Do patients who ...

[jwb375]

A nurse develops the following PICOT question: Do patients who listen to music achieve better control of their anxiety and pain after surgery when compared with patients who receive standard nursing care following surgery?
 
  Which information will the nurse use as the C?
  a. After surgery
  b. Who listen to music
  c. Who receive standard nursing care
  d. Achieve better control of their anxiety and pain

Question 2

A nurse is reviewing research studies for evidence-based practice. Which article should the nurse use for qualitative nursing research?
 
  a. An article about the number of falls after use of no side rails
  b. An article about infection rates after use of a new wound dressing
  c. An article about the percentage of new admissions on a new floor
  d. An article about emotional needs of dying patients and their families

[Smiles0805]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Studying emotional needs is a qualitative study. Qualitative nursing research is the study of phenomena that are difficult to quantify or categorize, such as patients' perceptions of illness. The number of falls, infection rates, and percentages of new admissions are all examples of quantitative research.

[jwb375]

Excellent

[softEldritch]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it