A nursing student notices that a client refuses to participate in physical therapy. Before concluding the client is being uncooperative, the student asks about pain, reviews the medication record, and discusses concerns with the client. Which critical-thinking behavior is the student demonstrating?  

A nurse is caring for a client with shortness of breath and fever. Match each nursing action to the appropriate step of the Nursing Process.

Short response question:Identify the quantitative research design: What is the effect of 6-weeks of resistance training on lower body muscular strength of community-dwelling older adults?

A nurse is completing an admission assessment. Categorize each finding as either Subjective Data or Objective Data.

Long response question:You decide to go out for a run one morning after a large cup of coffee. You notice an accelerated heart rate during your run and, when finished, a prolonged return to your resting heart rate. You are curious how caffeine may influence the heart rate response during a 3-mile run in healthy, recreational runners like yourself.Write a research question that would allow you to investigate this phenomenon. (1 point)What is the strongest (most controlled) research design you can develop to answer this question? (3 points)List the variables in your research design – be sure to label them IV, DV, Outcome or Predictor, where applicable. (3 points)Describe how you would operationally define these variables. (2 points)What is their Level of Measurement? (2 points)What would be the most valid and reliable method of measuring heart rate that can be used during this experiment? Be sure to include in your answer what specifically would be valid and what would be reliable about this method (i.e. be sure to define each). (3 points)

The nurse is caring for a patient of an unfamiliar culture and wants to provide culturally competent care. However, the patient is becoming irritated. Which actions by this nurse could be hindering the nurse’s goal of providing culturally competent care? (Select all that apply)

When identifying variables in an experimental design, the independent variable is also known as the: 

A nursing student is speaking with a client who appears anxious about an upcoming surgery. Which action best demonstrates effective listening?  

The degree to which researchers can generalize their findings from their sample to the population is measured by…

When a high-quality, well-researched article is written for the public to be published in a local newspaper, it is considered to be: