RN Leadership 2019 B

RN Leadership 2019 B

1A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about an incident report.  Which of the following statement by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching.

"I should place a copy of an incident report in the client's medical record."

The nurse should not place a copy of the incident report in the client’s medical record, as it is confidential communication that belongs to the health care facility.

"I should document the completion of an incident report in the client's medical record."*

Incident reports are confidential facility documents that are used to assist with preventing further occurrence of an incident, or to defend the facility in the event of a lawsuit. If it is documented that an incident report was completed, the document is no longer confidential and the client can request copies for use in a lawsuit.

"I should complete an incident report for an unexpected client occurrence."

The nurse should complete an incident report for unexpected occurrences to assist in determining causes of deviations from standards of care.

"I should ask the risk manager to complete the incident reports."

The nurse is responsible for completing incident reports and should do so as soon as possible after the incident.

2A public health nurse is developing a list of recommendations for her supervisor on how to use evidence based practice to improve community outcomes. Which of the following should the nurse recommend as a qualitative research method? 

Meta-analysis

Meta-analysis is a quantitative research method that provides a statistical analysis of multiple studies conducted on the same topic.

Experimental study*

Experimental study is a quantitative research method that uses control and treatment groups to test at least one independent variable.

Phenomenology

Phenomenology is a qualitative research method that provides additional understanding of participants' experiences with emotional variances, such as grief and hope.

Secondary analysis

Secondary analysis is a quantitative research method that uses previously collected data to answer newly formed hypotheses.