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Chapter 10
Question 1
Type: MCSA

Select the topic that is most representative of qualitative phenomenological studies.

1. Personal control and rehabilitation of cardiac clients.

2. Health practices of the Hmong population.

3. The lived experience of women who have maintained a weight loss of 100 pounds for five years.

4. Experiences of bariatric nurses before and after introduction of the electronic lift.

Correct Answer: 3

Rationale 1: This option is most representative of grounded theory studies.

Rationale 2: This topic is most representative of ethnographic studies.

Rationale 3: This topic is correct because phenomenological studies examine human experiences through the
descriptions that are provided by the people involved.

Rationale 4: This topic is most representative of historical research.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 02. Describe the most important features of these six types of designs.

Question 2
Type: MCSA

Which topic is most indicative of a qualitative study that will allow the nurse researcher to focus on collection and
analysis of data of cultural groups?

1. Pain control and emotional comfort of oncology clients.

2. Labor and delivery practices of Arabian women.

3. Lived experiences of mothers of children with Down’s syndrome

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4. In-home hospice care for the dying client

Correct Answer: 2

Rationale 1: This study is most indicative of a grounded theory study that seeks to study fundamental patterns in
all social life. Focus on collection and analysis of data of cultural groups is the most important feature of
ethnographic research.

Rationale 2: This topic is correct because the nurse researcher can view nursing and health care in the context in
which it occurs. Ethnographic research focuses on collection and analysis of data from cultural groups.

Rationale 3: This topic is most indicative of a phenomenological study through which human experiences are
provided through descriptions by the people involved. Focus on collection and analysis of data of cultural groups
is the most important feature of ethnographic research.

Rationale 4: This topic is most indicative of a case study approach, which is an in-depth examination of an
institution. Focus on collection and analysis of data of cultural groups is the most important feature of
ethnographic research.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 02. Describe the most important features of these six types of designs.

Question 3
Type: MCSA

“Child-rearing practices of the Nacirema” is a topic that would be studied most typically by professionals from
which discipline?

1. Law.

2. Anthropology.

3. Sociology.

4. Nursing.

Correct Answer: 2

Rationale 1: Lawyers most typically use a case study approach, not the ethnographic approach described in this
question.

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Rationale 2: This statement reflects intent to collect and analyze data from a cultural group, which is
characteristic of ethnographic studies, the long-standing research approach used by anthropologists to study
people all over the world.

Rationale 3: Sociologists typically use the grounded theory approach, not the ethnographic approach described in
this question.

Rationale 4: Although nursing uses many qualitative research approaches, nursing research is often action
research focused on improving practice or on the effects of actions taken. Nurses are not as likely to use the
approach in the question as are anthropologists.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 03. Recall the disciplines associated with some of the various qualitative research
designs.

Question 4
Type: MCSA

Which topic suggests the qualitative research approach most typically used by nurse researchers?

1. Nurse and patient management of pain associated with bone cancer.

2. Lived experiences of mothers of stillborn infants.

3. Rites associated with female puberty among natives of India.

4. Effect of tooth brushing three times per day on rates of nosocomial pneumonia in ventilated clients.

Correct Answer: 4

Rationale 1: The most typical approach to studying this topic is the case study approach. Nurse researchers could
use the approach, but it is more typically used by the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, law, and medicine.

Rationale 2: This topic suggests a phenomenological study. Nurse researchers could use the approach, but it is
more typically used by the discipline of philosophy.

Rationale 3: This topic suggests an ethnographic study. Nurse researchers could use the approach, but it is more
typically used by the discipline of anthropology.

Rationale 4: This topic suggests action research, which is typical of nurse researchers. Nurse researchers could
use any qualitative approach, but action research has a goal of improving nursing practice for benefit of the client.

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Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 03. Recall the disciplines associated with some of the various qualitative research
designs.

Question 5
Type: MCSA

Select the article title that most likely reports a participatory action research study.

1. Lived Experiences of Lower Limb Amputees.

2. Nurses Description of ICU Practices Before and After the Discovery of AIDS.

3. Nurse and Community Development and Assessment of a Health Program.

4. Management of Grief Associated with Delivery of a Premature Infant.

Correct Answer: 3

Rationale 1: This title suggests a phenomenological study.

Rationale 2: This title suggests a historical approach to defining the changing practices of professional nurses.

Rationale 3: This title suggests collaboration between researcher and participants in all steps of the research, the
hallmark of participatory action research.

Rationale 4: This title suggests a phenomenological study.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 02. Describe the most important features of these six types of designs.

Question 6
Type: MCSA

Which proposed title for nursing research articles would most appropriately be studied through quantitative rather
than qualitative methods?

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1. Attitudes of Emergency Room Nurses Before and After They Served in the Military in Iraq.

2. The Relationship of Amount of Postoperative Pain Medication Administered and Level of Cardiac
Rehabilitation Attained Before Discharge in Coronary Artery Bypass Clients.

3. Collaboration Between Public Health Nurses and Public School Administers to Provide Health Teaching in
Schools.

4. Roles of Nurse Educators in a Third World Country.

Correct Answer: 2

Rationale 1: This title suggests a historical study and does not indicate that the nurse researcher plans to measure
amounts (quantities) of variables.

Rationale 2: This title suggests that the nurse researcher measured amounts (quantities) of variables (pain
medication administered and cardiac rehabilitation attained). This is best studied using a quantitative design.

Rationale 3: This title suggests participatory action research study and does not indicate that the nurse researcher
plans to measure amounts (quantities) of variables.

Rationale 4: This title suggests a case study approach to the research study and does not indicate that the nurse
researcher plans to measure amounts (quantities) of variables.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 02. Describe the most important features of these six types of designs.

Question 7
Type: MCSA

Which title suggests that the nursing research study focuses on the subjective nature of the human experience,
which is characteristic of qualitative research methods?

1. The Relationship of Exercise Habits and the Use of Pharmacologic Intervention in the Treatment of Women
Experiencing Depression.

2. Incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome in Former Army Nurses Who Served in Vietnam.

3. The Difference in Pre-NCLEX Anxiety Levels of Undergraduate Nursing Students Who Have Taken a Review
Course Compared to Undergraduate Nursing Students Who Have Not.

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4. Mobility and Perception of Quality of Life in Nursing Home Residents.

Correct Answer: 4

Rationale 1: This title suggests that variables are going to be manipulated, which is characteristic of quantitative
research methods.

Rationale 2: This title suggests measurement of variables, which is characteristic of quantitative research
methods.

Rationale 3: This title suggests measurement of variables, which is characteristic of quantitative research
methods.

Rationale 4: This title suggests a grounded theory approach, which is a qualitative research design.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 05. Recall some of the reasons that nurse researchers are using qualitative designs in
their studies.

Question 8
Type: MCSA

Which pair of qualitative design and important features is accurate?

1. Grounded theory–bracketing.

2. Case study–constant comparison.

3. Historical–criticism.

4. Phenomenological–key informants.

Correct Answer: 3

Rationale 1: An important feature of grounded theory is constant comparison. Bracketing is associated with
phenomenological studies.

Rationale 2: An important feature of a case study is content analysis. Constant comparison is associated with
grounded theory.

Rationale 3: Data for historical research should be subject to two types of evaluation, internal and external
criticism.
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Rationale 4: An important feature of phenomenological studies is content analysis. Key informants are associated
with ethnographic studies.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 02. Describe the most important features of these six types of designs.

Question 9
Type: MCSA

The nurse researcher’s work over the last several years has resulted in the generation of a theory that self-corrects
as additional data are collected, interpreted, and analyzed. The researcher uses the process of constant
comparison. Which form of research is this nurse researcher most likely conducting?

1. Quasi-experimental.

2. Grounded theory.

3. Historical study.

4. Experimental.

Correct Answer: 2

Rationale 1: Quasi-experimental design is a quantitative design.

Rationale 2: Grounded theory studies are studies in which data are collected and analyzed, and then a theory is
developed that is grounded in the data. Data are constantly compared to data that have already been gathered
(constant comparison). As these data are gathered, adjustments are made to the theory (self-correction) to allow
for the interpretation of new data obtained.

Rationale 3: Historical studies are conducted by nurses, but the focus of this design is looking at how nursing has
developed, not the generation of theory.

Rationale 4: Experimental designs are quantitative.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:

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Learning Outcome: LO 04. Identify the most common qualitative designs reported in the nursing research
literature.

Question 10
Type: MCMA

Which statement(s) regarding historical research in nursing is (are) true?

Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Historical research is of interest only to doctoral students completing dissertations.

2. Primary sources for historical information are rare.

3. Linking past events to future happenings is the primary reason for conducting historical research.

4. Historical research is not recognized as valid research, but is just reporting on the past.

5. Most historical research has been done on historical figures rather than on the practice of nursing.

Correct Answer: 3,5

Rationale 1: Whereas much of this research has been completed by doctoral students, interest in historical
research is not limited to those nurses.

Rationale 2: There are many examples of primary sources: oral histories, written records, diaries, eyewitnesses,
pictorial sources, and physical evidence.

Rationale 3: Whereas many readers are simply interested in reading about the past, the primary reason for any
nursing research is to improve the provision of nursing services. Applying knowledge of past events to current
happenings is a good way to make use of the work of those nurses who have gone before us.

Rationale 4: Historical research is a valid type of nursing research.

Rationale 5: This is a true statement. More research into the actual historical practice of nursing is needed.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 04. Identify the most common qualitative designs reported in the nursing research
literature.

Question 11
Type: MCSA
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The nurse researcher has published a research study about the life of Florence Nightingale. The nurse reading the
report suspects that a letter, thought by the researcher to be written by Ms. Nightingale, fails the test of external
criticism. What does this mean about this source?

1. The letter is not authentic.

2. The letter does not address the researcher’s topic.

3. The information in the letter is not accurate.

4. The information in the letter contradicts information from a previous study.

Correct Answer: 1

Rationale 1: External criticism is the test of authenticity of a source.

Rationale 2: Applicability of information to the researcher’s topic is not addressed by external criticism.

Rationale 3: The accuracy of information in the letter is a test of internal criticism. This test is considered after
the source passes the test of external criticism.

Rationale 4: This may be a valid issue, but is not a test of external criticism.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 06. Critique the design sections of qualitative research studies.

Question 12
Type: MCMA

Which discipline(s) make(s) frequent use of the case study approach to qualitative research?

Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Sociology.

2. Anthropology.

3. Law.

4. Medicine.

5. Nursing.
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Correct Answer: 1,2,3,4

Rationale 1: Sociology, anthropology, law, and medicine make frequent use of the case study approach.

Rationale 2: Sociology, anthropology, law, and medicine make frequent use of the case study approach.

Rationale 3: Sociology, anthropology, law, and medicine make frequent use of the case study approach.

Rationale 4: Sociology, anthropology, law, and medicine make frequent use of the case study approach.

Rationale 5: Nursing uses the action research approach more than the case study approach.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Understanding

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 03. Recall the disciplines associated with some of the various qualitative research
designs.

Question 13
Type: MCSA

Two nurse researchers are reviewing a qualitative research study report for possible publication. There is a great
amount of debate between the two nurses on the accuracy and meaning of the study data. Which criteria of
trustworthiness are these nurses debating?

1. Confirmability.

2. Transferability.

3. Credibility.

4. Dependability.

Correct Answer: 1

Rationale 1: Confirmability is how much agreement there is between two or more individuals who are reviewing
the data for accuracy and meaning.

Rationale 2: Transferability is how applicable the results are to other groups and situations.

Rationale 3: Credibility is the believability of the data.

Rationale 4: Dependability is how stable the data are over time and in different situations.

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Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 06. Critique the design sections of qualitative research studies.

Question 14
Type: MCSA

The nurse is reading a qualitative research report that asks, “Are post-myocardial infarction clients more
interested in the length of their remaining life or in the quality of their remaining life?” What is the most
important question for the nurse to ask about this study?

1. How clearly is the process of data collection presented in the study?

2. Why didn’t the researcher use a quantitative approach?

3. How clearly is the process of data analysis presented in the study?

4. Are data provided to answer the research question?

Correct Answer: 4

Rationale 1: This is an important consideration, but not as important as whether data are provided to answer the
question.

Rationale 2: This subject lends itself better to a qualitative approach.

Rationale 3: This is an important consideration, but not as important as whether data are provided to answer the
question.

Rationale 4: Although all of the answer options are important questions to ask when reading research, the most
important consideration is whether the data are provided to answer the research question.

Global Rationale:

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need:
Client Need Sub:
Nursing/Integrated Concepts:
Learning Outcome: LO 06. Critique the design sections of qualitative research studies.

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