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Discussion Questions - Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 1 - Currently, the law states that a woman must see a physician in person before she can use mifepristone (the abortion pill RU 486) to induce an abortion. The law prohibits using a video conference with the physician and the medication being administered by a nonphysician. Legislators are seeking information on which they can base their decisions.
Video about medication abortion.
1. What is an example of qualitative research that could provide needed information?
2. What is an example of quantitative research that could provide needed information?
3. How can the following help these legislators make a decision? Nursing research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement.
Chapter 2 - The nurse is working in a village in the mountains of eastern Haiti. She notes that a number of the children and pregnant women are eating cookies made with large portions of dirt (mud cookies). Watch this video to learn more about this concern.
1. Write a research question related to children and pregnant women eating mud cookies in Haiti.
2. Create a hypothesis related to children and pregnant women eating mud cookies in Haiti.
3. For the hypothesis written, describe the following. Independent variables, dependent variables, and type of hypothesis.
Chapter 3 - The nurse is providing care for a client with type 2diabetes. He notes that the client is using a beta blocker for migraines. The nurse goes to the break room to find a medical surgical textbook and a pharmacology textbook. Upon reviewing the information, the nurse reviews the reference section for each chapter. (Note: Students exploring this case study should access a medical surgical textbook and a pharmacology textbook.)
1. What are benefits and concerns of accessing these textbooks as a means of searching for information related to caring for this client?
2. Identify at least one primary source and one secondary source in the reference section of one of the chapters you accessed to provide care for this client. Locate those articles in CINAHL or ProQuest. For each article, conduct a preliminary reading of the abstract and identify possible benefits and concerns about each article.
3. Conduct an Internet search of the two articles that were accessed in CINAHL/ProQuest. Discuss how these articles are being used in other resources.
Chapter 4 - Mr. Alcindor is visiting the community health fair. He has been undergoing active surveillance for prostate cancer and seems anxious when asking the nurse questions. As the nurse sets a time for Mr. Alcindor to come to the community health center and discuss his concerns more, she realizes that she needs to review current research on this topic.
1. Identify two possible resources that can help provide a theoretical perspective on providing care for Mr. Alcindor.
2. Review the coping section of a textbook (e.g., medical surgical, fundamentals, mental health) and identify if a theoretical framework was used to help build that content or chapter. What were your findings?
3. Identify a resource that discusses the framework of resilience. As you critically appraise the article, do you think resilience would be a better framework to guide care for Mr. Alcindor? Support your answer.
Chapter 5 - A nurse in Haiti is providing teaching on elephantiasis related to lymphatic filariasis. The clients are coming to a clinic for blood pressure screening. The nurse wonders about the implications of researching the perceptions of elephantiasis in the surrounding villages and access to medication.
1. With informed consent for participants, what would be some considerations?
2. Who would be included in vulnerable groups when considering a sample?
3. List ways that participant responses to a survey could be tracked.