Nursing 122 Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Institutional review boards determine whether research studies involving human subjects will:
a. be published.
b. add to the body of nursing knowledge.
c. cause harm.
d. receive funding. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
The institutional review board (also called the human subjects committee) examines research
proposals to ensure that the ethical rights of those individuals participating in the research study
are protected. This board makes sure that persons who participate in research are assured that
their right to privacy, confidentiality, fair treatment, and freedom from harm is protected.
A nurse is interested in understanding the meaning of the human experience of surviving polio.
Subject recruitment targets persons who have been diagnosed with the disease. The researcher
reflects on the data and identifies common themes in order to understand the "lived experience."
These characteristics are consistent with the qualitative research method known as:
a. grounded theory.
b. ethnography.
c. phenomenology.
d. case study. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
Phenomenology is a qualitative research design that uses inductive descriptive methodology to
describe the lived experiences of study participants.
The use of research to guide nursing practice is called:
a. analysis
b. generalizability
c. dissemination
d. utilization - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: D
,Utilization of research guides nursing practice. Clinical agencies need to make a commitment to
implementing research findings and then developing policies and procedures to guide the
implementation process.
A public health nurse is interested in determining which educational programs are needed in the
aggregates served. The researcher personally interviews individuals who are walking on the
streets in the community. This type of research design is:
a. quasi-experimental.
b. survey.
c. case study.
d. ethnography. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
Survey is a nonexperimental research design that focuses on obtaining information regarding the
status quo of some situation, often through direct questioning of participants.
Which organization provides federal funding for research?
a. National Institute of Nursing Research
b. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
c. W.K. Kellogg Foundation
d. Sigma Theta Tau International - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: A
The National Institute of Nursing Research is a federal agency that provides federal funding for
health care research.
Which type of data analysis results in the non-numerical organization of data?
a. Descriptive
b. Inferential
c. Qualitative
d. Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
Qualitative data analysis results in the organization of words or phrases, not numbers. Interviews
are reviewed and are transcribed line by line in an effort to group common conceptual meanings.
,A nurse researcher who is seeking funding for a study should identify:
a. board members of funding agencies.
b. priorities of funding agencies.
c. budgets of funding agencies.
d. accreditation of funding agencies. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
A nurse studied a community to determine if there were clients who would benefit from a
hospice program if one were developed. This type of research is:
a. a survey
b. quasi-experimental.
c. a needs assessment method.
d. a pilot study. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
A needs assessment method is a study in which the researcher collects data for the purpose of
estimating the needs of a group; commonly used to prioritize the needs of an organization or
community.
The research hypothesis is that aromatherapy reduces stress more effectively than does
acupuncture. The researcher does not identify a control group. This study would be a(n)
_________ design.
a. experimental
b. quasi-experimental
c. survey
d. meta-analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
In quasi-experimental studies a control group, randomization, or the manipulation of one or more
variables is missing.
A qualitative researcher reviews data collected with a grief support group to develop a theory of
how widows and widowers mourn. The researcher is using which qualitative research design?
a. Phenomenology
b. Grounded theory
, c. Case study
d. Hypothesis generation - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
Grounded theory is a qualitative research approach that describes a social process and has theory
generation as its main purpose.
Which statement about qualitative research is correct?
a. Qualitative research requires less time than quantitative research because complex statistical
analysis is not necessary.
b. To be statistically significant, qualitative studies must consist of large, randomly selected
sample sizes.
c. Because qualitative studies deal with human concepts such as suffering and quality of life,
results can be generalized.
d. Interviews are the primary means of collecting data that enable the researcher to describe
unclear phenomena. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: D
Qualitative research involves ambiguous concepts. Analysis of interviews with participants who
are experiencing the phenomena enables the researcher to describe unclear phenomena.
A nurse interested in life satisfaction among patients receiving hemodialysis reviews databases
and identifies relevant studies which are then statistically analyzed providing generalization
through multiple studies. The nurse researcher is using which type of research?
a. Quasi-experimental
b. Secondary analysis
c. Meta-analysis
d. Survey - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
Meta-analysis uses the analysis of several research studies to validate smaller studies, allowing
generalization.
Ethics applied to nursing can best be defined as:
a. doing what is best for the client.
b. making good decisions about care.
c. care based on what should be done in keeping with the values of the client.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Institutional review boards determine whether research studies involving human subjects will:
a. be published.
b. add to the body of nursing knowledge.
c. cause harm.
d. receive funding. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
The institutional review board (also called the human subjects committee) examines research
proposals to ensure that the ethical rights of those individuals participating in the research study
are protected. This board makes sure that persons who participate in research are assured that
their right to privacy, confidentiality, fair treatment, and freedom from harm is protected.
A nurse is interested in understanding the meaning of the human experience of surviving polio.
Subject recruitment targets persons who have been diagnosed with the disease. The researcher
reflects on the data and identifies common themes in order to understand the "lived experience."
These characteristics are consistent with the qualitative research method known as:
a. grounded theory.
b. ethnography.
c. phenomenology.
d. case study. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
Phenomenology is a qualitative research design that uses inductive descriptive methodology to
describe the lived experiences of study participants.
The use of research to guide nursing practice is called:
a. analysis
b. generalizability
c. dissemination
d. utilization - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: D
,Utilization of research guides nursing practice. Clinical agencies need to make a commitment to
implementing research findings and then developing policies and procedures to guide the
implementation process.
A public health nurse is interested in determining which educational programs are needed in the
aggregates served. The researcher personally interviews individuals who are walking on the
streets in the community. This type of research design is:
a. quasi-experimental.
b. survey.
c. case study.
d. ethnography. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
Survey is a nonexperimental research design that focuses on obtaining information regarding the
status quo of some situation, often through direct questioning of participants.
Which organization provides federal funding for research?
a. National Institute of Nursing Research
b. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
c. W.K. Kellogg Foundation
d. Sigma Theta Tau International - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: A
The National Institute of Nursing Research is a federal agency that provides federal funding for
health care research.
Which type of data analysis results in the non-numerical organization of data?
a. Descriptive
b. Inferential
c. Qualitative
d. Quantitative - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
Qualitative data analysis results in the organization of words or phrases, not numbers. Interviews
are reviewed and are transcribed line by line in an effort to group common conceptual meanings.
,A nurse researcher who is seeking funding for a study should identify:
a. board members of funding agencies.
b. priorities of funding agencies.
c. budgets of funding agencies.
d. accreditation of funding agencies. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
A nurse studied a community to determine if there were clients who would benefit from a
hospice program if one were developed. This type of research is:
a. a survey
b. quasi-experimental.
c. a needs assessment method.
d. a pilot study. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
A needs assessment method is a study in which the researcher collects data for the purpose of
estimating the needs of a group; commonly used to prioritize the needs of an organization or
community.
The research hypothesis is that aromatherapy reduces stress more effectively than does
acupuncture. The researcher does not identify a control group. This study would be a(n)
_________ design.
a. experimental
b. quasi-experimental
c. survey
d. meta-analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
In quasi-experimental studies a control group, randomization, or the manipulation of one or more
variables is missing.
A qualitative researcher reviews data collected with a grief support group to develop a theory of
how widows and widowers mourn. The researcher is using which qualitative research design?
a. Phenomenology
b. Grounded theory
, c. Case study
d. Hypothesis generation - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: B
Grounded theory is a qualitative research approach that describes a social process and has theory
generation as its main purpose.
Which statement about qualitative research is correct?
a. Qualitative research requires less time than quantitative research because complex statistical
analysis is not necessary.
b. To be statistically significant, qualitative studies must consist of large, randomly selected
sample sizes.
c. Because qualitative studies deal with human concepts such as suffering and quality of life,
results can be generalized.
d. Interviews are the primary means of collecting data that enable the researcher to describe
unclear phenomena. - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: D
Qualitative research involves ambiguous concepts. Analysis of interviews with participants who
are experiencing the phenomena enables the researcher to describe unclear phenomena.
A nurse interested in life satisfaction among patients receiving hemodialysis reviews databases
and identifies relevant studies which are then statistically analyzed providing generalization
through multiple studies. The nurse researcher is using which type of research?
a. Quasi-experimental
b. Secondary analysis
c. Meta-analysis
d. Survey - CORRECT ANSWER - ANS: C
Meta-analysis uses the analysis of several research studies to validate smaller studies, allowing
generalization.
Ethics applied to nursing can best be defined as:
a. doing what is best for the client.
b. making good decisions about care.
c. care based on what should be done in keeping with the values of the client.
