Walden NURS4100 Week 4 Quiz Latest 2024

NURS-4100-1/NURS-4100C-1/NURS-4100A-1  Quality & Safety Thru Practice-Spring 2024

Week 4 Quiz

Question 1

The purpose of this study was to:

Describe patient safety incidents from emergency call records

Explore patient safety incidents as described by patients in hospice care

Explore patient safety incidents as described by health care team members

 Extract patient safety incidents from documentation in medical records

Question 2

The methodology used in this qualitative study is appropriate because:

Administering a questionnaire with open-ended questions is the best method to described lived experiences

Broad interview questions are the best method to describe lived experiences

Observing patients and families in the hospice environment is the best method to describe patient safety issues

Using focused interview questions requiring a yes or no answer is the best method to describe lived experiences

Question 3

The study design is:

Ethnography

Exploratory descriptive

Grounded theory

Historical

Question 4

The subjects selected to participate:

Are a convenience sample which is appropriate for qualitative research

Should have been randomly selected from the hospice agencies

Should have been purposely selected based on years of experience in home hospice

Would have provided better descriptions of issues if they had been identified through the snowball method

Question 5

The research team was described as meeting to discuss and corroborate on the coding. This method:

Introduces bias into the data analysis process

Is an accurate process in qualitative research

Is a threat to the internal validity of the study

Should have included several of the interviewees to expand the perspective of how to code the results

Question 6

The phase 2 data review panel is an appropriate process because it strengthens the ____________________ of the phase 1 results.

Credibility

Reliability

Sustainability

Validity

Question 7

The results of the study are presented as themes that emerged from the data analysis. To provide an accurate reflection, they need to be supported by:

A table listing the number of times the theme was mentioned by the interviewees

Direct quotes from previous studies that reported the same theme

Direct quotes and examples from the interview transcription

Paraphrased quotes from the interview transcription

Question 8

The summary of common patient safety harms and contributing factors that were categorized under the themes in Table 1 includes all but:

Caregiver’s physical and/or cognitive limitations

Medical errors made by the health care providers

Patient or caregiver difficulty in understanding care instructions

Poor or physically hazardous living conditions

Question 9

The most commonly cited contributing factor for patient safety incidents discussed in the phase 1 interviews was:

Frail or debilitated patients living alone, or being left alone by caregivers

Injuries from falls

Medication diversion by family members or caregivers

Non-adherence to instructions provided by the hospice team

Question 10

The limitations of the study were identified as:

Sample size

Selection of interview process

The type of opening questions may have prompted responses from the interviewees

The data analysis process

 Question 11

The authors recommend additional research should be conducted.

This is an expected result of qualitative research

This should only be discussed in quantitative research articles

This should be presented as a hypothesis to be tested

This skews the results of the data analysis

Question 12

The researchers controlled bias and preconceptions by:

Asking the interviewees to critique and recommend changes to the questions

Recruiting participants from the Population-based Palliative Care Research Network

Selecting interview questions from a national data bank of qualitative interview questions

Using the International Classification for Patient Safety definition as a guide when developing the interview questions

Question 13

The data collection method was appropriate for qualitative research because it used:

Administration of a questionnaire to families of hospice patients

Extraction of patient safety incidents from medical records

Interviewing health care providers about experiences with home hospice patient safety incidents which gives first- hand knowledge

Participant observation of care being provided to home hospice patients

Question 14

Which of the following qualitative appraisal credibility criteria would be of concern to the nurse evaluating the results?

Conducting the participant interviews by telephone

Improving the interview guide to probe for additional types of patient safety incidents in the home

The study was published in a non-peer reviewed journal

Using a computer program with qualitative analysis software to assist in the data analysis

Question 15

Which statement accurately reflects analysis of the sample of 62 hospice workers in Phase 1?

The sample is too small for qualitative research to provide any significant results.

The sample is too large for the study to be classified as a qualitative study.

Sample size isn’t of concern as sampling continues until data saturation is met.

Sample size isn’t of concern as sampling continues until all interested persons have the opportunity to be interviewed.