Appropriate for use after Chapter 10



Appropriate for use after Chapter 10

Review questions for article

Minnesota Baccalaureate Psychomotor Skills Faculty Group. (2008). Journal of Nursing Education, 47(3), p. 98-104.

1.) What was the purpose of the study?

2.) What type of sampling method was used? Is this probability or non-probability sampling?

3.) What was the sample size for the study?

4.) The Caring Behaviors During Blood Pressure instrument included 30 items which were scored as present or not present. This is what level of measurement?

5.) The total score on the Caring Behaviors During Blood Pressure instrument could range from 0-30. What level of measurement is the total score?

6.) How was content validity established?

7.) A Likert scale was used by the patient role-players to measure caring the students exhibited. The scale was 1(not at all), 2 (some), or 3 (much). What level of measurement is this?

8.) Look at table 2. What was the mean score for warmth and caring on the pretest? On the posttest?

9.) What was the average pretest score for subjective caring behaviors during blood pressure measurement?

10.) What was the average posttest score for subjective caring behaviors during blood pressure measurement?

11.) What test was used to determine if the within-student posttest scores for the subjective measure of caring behaviors significantly higher than the pretest score and were they?

12.) Why is this an appropriate test to use in this study?

13.) What percent of the sample population had health care experience?

14.) What percent of the sample population had previous experience as nursing assistants?

15.) Clinical Application: The majority of the students in the sample who were already working as nursing assistants were competent in taking blood pressure measurements already. Based on the results of this study should they be exempt from additional instruction on blood pressure measurement in a caring manner?

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