True or False? The trustworthiness of carefully performed research can still be called into question if the researcher does not have an auditable paper trail.

For which of the following reasons should stakeholders be identified when considering a change in practice?

When a researcher uses deduction to formulate a hypothesis and then forms a theory, why can it be said that a theory is never proven?

Virginia Henderson is credited with publishing the first definition of nursing as “a response to human functional needs”; however, this definition of nursing was really given by her coauthor, Bertha Harmer. Which reason best explains why this misattribution has occurred?

Which of the following is an example of benchmarking?

A new nurse asks a colleague why a patient dangles the legs over the side of the bed before assisting the patient to stand. Which type of evidence is being used when the response is, “It’s the way we always do it?”

A nurse is planning a change related to falls of postoperative patients after hospital discharge. Which phase of Kotter’s change model will occur first?

Which of the following behaviors is the nurse demonstrating when a new technique for giving medications to pediatric patients is reviewed, but the nurse continues to use the current medication administration method?

Which sampling method is a researcher using when a questionnaire is given to 50 pregnant females at the same OB-GYN office?

True or False? Randomization is one way researchers can control for extraneous variables.