NURS 641 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Qualitative Research - ✔✔-Inductive
-Need to reduce the large volume of data
-Analysis of data organized into themes
-Generally do not conduct an extensive literature review prior to collecting data.
-Themes and patterns sought in the data.
-Data saturation
✔✔Rigor in Qualitative Research - ✔✔-Openness
-Depth
-Consider all the data
-Probe areas of vagueness or incompleteness
-Findings are rooted in the data
-Findings are vivid and useful
-Provide a fresh or new perspective
-Provide a decision trail
✔✔Career Motivation Study - ✔✔-Qualitative
-Data collected & analyzed
-Constant comparison
-Developed a theory of altruism
-What type of study?
✔✔What type of study is this?
-Researchers examined the lived experience of 8 student nurses making the transition
to registered nurses.
-Data collection=Interviews
-Five factors contributed to a positive transition: supportive work environment, positive
preceptor experience, comprehensive orientation process, sense of professionalism,
clarity of role expectation. - ✔✔Phenomenology
✔✔Why was this phenomenology? - ✔✔-Used to study areas in which there is little
knowledge.
-Lived experience.
-Small number of participants.
-Interviews usually, could be written
-Analysis of data organized into themes
-Based in philosophy
✔✔What type of study is this?
, Study of the impact of HIV education on the lives of 24 Ugandan nurses and nurse
midwives. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Research also
observed a) counseling sessions between participants and their clients, b) participants
engaged in their duties at work sites, and c) participants in group meetings. -
✔✔Ethnography
✔✔Why was this ethnography? - ✔✔-Studies the the norms, values, roles, etc of a
health care subculture.
-Researcher immerses self in the culture/setting, typically for long periods of time.
-Identification of social rules and understandings.
-Analysis of social networks
-Produce a coherent account of the culture.
-Member checking with "key informants".
✔✔Data Saturation - ✔✔...?
✔✔Quantitative Study - ✔✔
✔✔What are the characteristics of a descriptive study? - ✔✔
✔✔Descriptive Research: Study Variables - ✔✔Variables-elements, features,
characteristics of person, experiences, situation, things studied.
Are not constant
Variables change
Can be measured
✔✔Which of the following best describes the purpose of a descriptive study?
A. To create a case study describing the experiences of a pt with a particular problem
B. To measure and describe the features or elements of a situation
C. To create a descriptive model of the dynamics of the situation
D. To describe the research that has been done regarding a particular topic/issue -
✔✔B. To measure and describe the features or elements of a situation
✔✔Which statement best desribes the difficulty caused by low response rates to
surveys?
A. They indicate the topic is not if importance
B. They yield data from a sample that may not be representative of the target population
C. They indicate that the variables of interest only occur at low levels in the population
D. They produce high variability in the data - ✔✔B. They yield data from a sample that
may not be representative of the target population
✔✔What does a p-value of 0.08 mean?
A. There are 8 chances in 100 that the finding is true.
B.There are 8 chances in 100 that the finding is a chance variation. - ✔✔There are 8
chances in 100 that the finding is a chance variation.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Qualitative Research - ✔✔-Inductive
-Need to reduce the large volume of data
-Analysis of data organized into themes
-Generally do not conduct an extensive literature review prior to collecting data.
-Themes and patterns sought in the data.
-Data saturation
✔✔Rigor in Qualitative Research - ✔✔-Openness
-Depth
-Consider all the data
-Probe areas of vagueness or incompleteness
-Findings are rooted in the data
-Findings are vivid and useful
-Provide a fresh or new perspective
-Provide a decision trail
✔✔Career Motivation Study - ✔✔-Qualitative
-Data collected & analyzed
-Constant comparison
-Developed a theory of altruism
-What type of study?
✔✔What type of study is this?
-Researchers examined the lived experience of 8 student nurses making the transition
to registered nurses.
-Data collection=Interviews
-Five factors contributed to a positive transition: supportive work environment, positive
preceptor experience, comprehensive orientation process, sense of professionalism,
clarity of role expectation. - ✔✔Phenomenology
✔✔Why was this phenomenology? - ✔✔-Used to study areas in which there is little
knowledge.
-Lived experience.
-Small number of participants.
-Interviews usually, could be written
-Analysis of data organized into themes
-Based in philosophy
✔✔What type of study is this?
, Study of the impact of HIV education on the lives of 24 Ugandan nurses and nurse
midwives. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Research also
observed a) counseling sessions between participants and their clients, b) participants
engaged in their duties at work sites, and c) participants in group meetings. -
✔✔Ethnography
✔✔Why was this ethnography? - ✔✔-Studies the the norms, values, roles, etc of a
health care subculture.
-Researcher immerses self in the culture/setting, typically for long periods of time.
-Identification of social rules and understandings.
-Analysis of social networks
-Produce a coherent account of the culture.
-Member checking with "key informants".
✔✔Data Saturation - ✔✔...?
✔✔Quantitative Study - ✔✔
✔✔What are the characteristics of a descriptive study? - ✔✔
✔✔Descriptive Research: Study Variables - ✔✔Variables-elements, features,
characteristics of person, experiences, situation, things studied.
Are not constant
Variables change
Can be measured
✔✔Which of the following best describes the purpose of a descriptive study?
A. To create a case study describing the experiences of a pt with a particular problem
B. To measure and describe the features or elements of a situation
C. To create a descriptive model of the dynamics of the situation
D. To describe the research that has been done regarding a particular topic/issue -
✔✔B. To measure and describe the features or elements of a situation
✔✔Which statement best desribes the difficulty caused by low response rates to
surveys?
A. They indicate the topic is not if importance
B. They yield data from a sample that may not be representative of the target population
C. They indicate that the variables of interest only occur at low levels in the population
D. They produce high variability in the data - ✔✔B. They yield data from a sample that
may not be representative of the target population
✔✔What does a p-value of 0.08 mean?
A. There are 8 chances in 100 that the finding is true.
B.There are 8 chances in 100 that the finding is a chance variation. - ✔✔There are 8
chances in 100 that the finding is a chance variation.
