Example Of A Theory Evaluation Paper

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Criteria for Evaluating Theory Testing Research
Nurse’s Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pain in the Emergency Department
Purpose
The purpose of the study was to examine emergency department nurses understanding and opinions about pain (Moceri & Drevdahl, 2014).
Theory Explicitly Described: Marion Good & Shirley Moore, (2010), acute pain care management model is briefly described.
Concepts Theoretically Defined
Concepts from Good & Moore (2010) acute pain management, major concepts are powerful pain medications, pharmacological practices, non-pharmacological practices, assessment of pain and the side effects associated with medications, goal setting and balance between analgesics as well as side effects (McEwen & Wills, 2011).
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T/F: Respiratory depression seldom occurs in patients who have been receiving constant doses of opioids over a set period (T: 39.6%).
2. T/F: Study shows that promethazine (Phenergan) and hydroxyzine (Vistaril) are reliable potentiators of opioid analgesics (F; 48.3%).
3. T/F: Vicodin (hydrocodone 5mg + acetaminophen 500mg) PO is approximately equal to 5-10mg of morphine PO (T; 34.4%).
4. Which of the following IV doses of morphine administered over a 4-hour period would be equivalent to a 30mg of oral morphine given every 4 hours? (Morphine 10mg IV; 48.9%)
5. A patient with persistent cancer pain has received daily opioid analgesics for 2 months. Yesterday the patient was receiving morphine 200mg/hour intravenously. Today he has received 250mg/hour intravenously. The likelihood of the patient developing clinically significant respiratory depression in the absence of new comorbidity is? (Less than 1 %)
6. How likely is it that patients develop pain already has an alcohol and/or drug abuse problem? (5% -15%; …show more content…

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