Quality Improvement And Change Management: Part 2

Question 1

Who is responsible for reviewing research projects involving human subjects prior to launch of study?

Answer 1

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Question 2

What is commonly used when performing a lit review?

Answer 2

BOOLEAN Logic

Question 3

What is quantitative data?

Answer 3

Numbers

Question 4

What kind of data is categorical and can be arranged in any order?

Answer 4

Nominal

Question 5

What kind of data is ordered and ranked?

Answer 5

Ordinal

Question 6

What type of research is nominal and ordinal data?

Answer 6

Quantitative (numbers)

Question 7

What is qualitative data?

Answer 7

Words

Question 8

What takes longer to collect, quantitative or qualitative?

Answer 8

Qualitative

Question 9

What is the average score of a sample?

Answer 9

Mean

Question 10

What is the middle data point on a scale?

Answer 10

Median

Question 11

What is the data point occurring most frequently/most often?

Answer 11

Mode

Question 12

What is the average of the averages”

Answer 12

Standard deviation

Question 13

what is the best measurement of variability?

Answer 13

Standard deviation

Question 14

What is an educated guess of expected outcome?

Answer 14

Hypothesis

Question 15

Which variable is the CAUSE and occurs first?

Answer 15

Independent variable

Question 16

What does PICOT stand for?

Answer 16

-Patient/population
-Intervention
-Comparative
-Outcome
-Time

Question 17

Which variable is the EFFECT; occurs after??

Answer 17

Dependent variable

Question 18

What is a group studied over time?

Answer 18

Cohort group

Question 19

What type of cohort group is studying a group WITHOUT illness to evaluate development?

Answer 19

Prospective cohort group

Question 20

What type of cohort study is data collected AFTER illness, to determine exposure

Answer 20

Retrospective cohort study

Question 21

What type of study looks at disease and exposure at the same time?? (Mix of prospective and retrospective?

Answer 21

Cross-sectional study

Question 22

Which involves less time and money–cohort or cross-sectional study?

Answer 22

Cross-sectional

Question 24

Which study compares a group with the disease/illness to a group without?

Answer 24

Case control study

Question 25

What are the diff types of research studies?

Answer 25

-Cohort -Cross-sectional -Case control

Question 26

What is quantitative research determining relationship between dependent and independent variables?

Answer 26

Quasi-experimental research

Question 27

Which research manipulates independent variables?

Answer 27

Experimental

Question 28

Which research has randomization?

Answer 28

Experimental

Question 29

Who is the father is psychology?

Answer 29

Kurt Lewin

Question 30

What theory involves learning being rejected and replaced through 3 phases?

Answer 30

Kurt Lewin's Change Theory in Nursing

Question 31

What are the three stages of The Change Theory?

Answer 31

1. Unfreezing 2. Change 3. Refreeze

Question 32

Which stage of change theory involves a process of staff needing to change thoughts, feelings, and beviors in order to be more productive?

Answer 32

Change stage

Question 33

Which stage of change theory involves getting staff ready for the change and ready to let go of old processes?

Answer 33

Unfreezing

Question 34

Which stage of change theory is when the change becomes the norm, and the standard operating procedure?

Answer 34

Refreezing

Question 35

What happens in the three stages of change theory by steps

Answer 35

1. unlearn previous knowledge (unfreeze) 2. implement change (change) 3. change becomes permanent (refreeze)

Question 36

What does a force field analysis do?

Answer 36

determines driving and restraining forces to change

Question 37

What is a driving form?

Answer 37

promotes change

Question 38

What is a restraining force?

Answer 38

resisting change

Question 39

What stage of change theory is a force field analysis helpful?

Answer 39

Unfreezing (stage 1)

Question 40

What occurs in Kotter's 8 step change model?

Answer 40

-create climate for change -engage and enable organization -implement and sustain change

Question 41

Who came up with the theory recognizing there is resistance to change?

Answer 41

Havelock's Size Phases of Planned Change

Question 42

In what steps are teams normally formed?

Answer 42

1. Forming 2. Storming 3. Norming 4. Performing 5. Adjourning/mourning

Question 43

Which level of team building is the most effective?

Answer 43

performing

Question 44

What are the different rates in which staff will embrace change?

Answer 44

-Innovators -early adopters -early majority -late majority -laggards