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NSG 522 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 1 50 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!
The operational definition of a variable:
- Explains what the variable means.
- Specifies the precision of the measurements.
- Describes the validity of the variable.
- Specifies how a variable should be measured. - ANSWER- D.
Specifies how a variable should be measured
T/F: The best place to store data from a clinical project conducted by 2
students and their advisor would be in a cloud-based system such as Google docs so that all team members can easily access the data and be sure that they are using the most current version of the data. - ANSWER- False
The dependent variable is:
- The intervention being studied.
- The experiemental variable. 1 / 4
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- The variable manipulated by the researcher.
- The outcome variable. - ANSWER- D. The outcome variable.
Match the following variables to the correct level of measurement.
Temperature in Fahrenheit Disease status (present or absent) Weight in ounces Race, self-reported Quality of life, on a scale of 1 to 5 Hemoglobin A1C Time in minutes Level of Education (< High School, High School Graduate, Some College, College Graduate) Oxygen saturation in percent Blood type
- Interval
- Nominal
- Ratio
- Ordinal - ANSWER- A-Temperature in Fahrenheit
B-Disease status (present or absent) C-Weight in ounces 2 / 4
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B-Race, self-reported D-Quality of life, on a scale of 1 to 5 C-Hemoglobin A1C C-Time in minutes D-Level of Education (< High School, High School Graduate, Some College, College Graduate) C-Oxygen saturation in percent B-Blood type
T/F: A conceptual definition defines how a variable will be measured,
and includes the equipment and procedures that are used in the measurement. - ANSWER- False (Operational)
Testing a new piece of equipment to ensure that the equipment consistently provides that same measurement when the same variable is
measured multiple times is an example of:
- Accuracy
- Validity
- Reliability
- All of the above - ANSWER- C. Reliability
T/F: The validity of a weight measurement obtained with an electronic
scale refers to the repeatability of the measurement. - ANSWER- False (reliability) 3 / 4
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T/F: A student is planning on conducting a quality improvement project
on a unit in the university hospital where the student is enrolled. Since the project is required by the university and the university owns the hospital, the student does not need to obtain additional permission for the project. - ANSWER- False. The student needs institutional approval from the hospital.
A nurse practitioner student is completing his final practicum in the outpatient clinic of the health care organization that is part of the university. As a part of the course requirements for the final term, the student must complete a quality improvement project. The student decides to examine whether the staff routinely assess vaccination status for healthy adults. Since this is a quality improvement project for the clinic and a course requirement for the student, does the student need any additional approvals to review patient records for this project?
- No, only research projects require approval.
- Yes, the student needs to obtain appropriate permission to examine
- No, this is a required student project and it is being conducted at the
- Yes, the student's project must undergo a full IRB review and
the data.
student's own university medical center.
approval. - ANSWER- B. Yes, the student needs to obtain appropriate permission to examine the data.
Research requires approval from the _____. - ANSWER- IRB (Institutional Review Board)
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