NURSE-UN 120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Randomized Controlled Trial, Qualitative Research, Qualitative Property

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Polit & beck chapters: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. Experimental, quasi-experimental, observational study design, cross-sectional and longitudinal designs, threats to a quantitative study internal and external validity, probability samples and different types of sampling, statistical power, data collection, Nominal and ordinal levels of measurement, reliability and validity. Polit & beck chapters: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Qualitative designs and approaches, sampling and data collection methods in qualitative studies. Data collection, analysis of qualitative data, mixed methods. Medication administration: medication errors: medication errors are the most common inpatient errors, lead to more than 7,000 deaths, 700,000 ed visit, and 100,000 hospitalizations annually in us, each med. error costs an est. Zone. talking and interruptions are not permitted: rn administering medications will ensure he/she has all necessary supplies before beginning medication rounds to minimize task disruption, educational pamphlet regarding policy distributed to all patients & visitors.