NURSING RESEARCH FULLY SOLVED QUESTIONS EDITION WITH
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ACCURATE ANSWERS 2027
Question 1.
The nurse reviews a study exploring experiences of nurses' decision- making processes
regarding reporting a medical error. Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction .
Answer: B. Description
Question 2.
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) began to change its focus to
a. funding nursing rather than medical research.
b. evaluating outcomes rather than process studies.
c. increasing the status and funding for nursing research.
d. supporting the dissemination of nursing research. .
Answer: c. increasing the status and funding for nursing research.
Question 3.
Which study exemplifies qualitative research?
a. A study that evaluates appetite among residents of a long-term care facility and
correlates this data with whether or not residents are rooming together with their
spouses
b. A study that defines levels of appetite based on residents' descriptions of hunger in a
long-term care facility
c. A study that observes the interactions of spouses during mealtimes in a long-term
care facility
d. A study that observes the effectiveness of spousal encouragement to eat on the
residents' quality of appetite in a long-term care facility .
Answer: c. A study that observes the interactions of spouses during mealtimes
in a long-term care facility
Question 4.
Which research technique would be used by a nurse researcher who wishes to compare
bonding patterns of neonatal intensive care (NIC) infants to non-NIC infants to test
various theories about infant-parent bonding?
a. Experimental
b. Exploratory
c. Grounded theory
d. Quasi-experimental .
,Answer: c. Grounded theory
Question 5.
What type of qualitative research method would be used to describe and interpret a
culture and cultural behavior?
a. Grounded theory
b. Ethnographic research
c. Exploratory-descriptive
d. Phenomenological .
Answer: b. Ethnographic research
Question 6.
A nurse understands the meaning of entering the world of nursing research to be? Select
all that apply.
a. A way of learning a unique language
b. A way of using old experiences to learn
c. A new way of experiencing reality
d. A new way of learning multiple languages
e. A way of incorporating new rules .
Answer: a. A way of learning a unique language
c. A new way of experiencing reality
e. A way of incorporating new rules
Question 7.
Which are components of evidence-based practice (EBP)? Select all that apply.
a. Best research evidence
b. Expert opinion consensus
c. Patient needs and values
d. Safe, cost-effective care .
Answer: a. Best research evidence
b. Expert opinion consensus
d. Safe, cost-effective care
Question 8.
Which of the following are characteristics of quantitative research methods? Select all
that apply.
a. Objective
b. Cause and effect relationships
c. Tests theory
d. Develops theory and frameworks
e. Numbers .
, Answer: a. Objective
b. Cause and effect relationships
c. Tests theory
e. Numbers
Question 9.
In which type of research study does the researcher have the most control?
a. Correlational
b. Descriptive
c. Experimental
d. Quasi-experimental .
Answer: c. experimental
Question 10.
In a qualitative study to describe stages of grief, the researcher asks parents who have
lost a child to cancer to describe their experiences with grief at specific time intervals
after their children's deaths. Which assumption will the researcher make?
a. Study subjects have knowledge about theoretical concepts about grief.
b. Study subjects understand the concept of grief.
c. Subjects will be able to articulate their feelings coherently.
d. Subjects will be available for data collection at specific time intervals. .
Answer: b. Study subjects understand the concept of grief
‣ Which of the following are true statements about quantitative research?
Select all that apply.
a. Correlational research involves the use of statistics to determine
relationships among variables.
b. Experimental research is the only type of quantitative research that is
valid.
c. Quasi-experimental research is a useful option when controlled conditions
are not possible.
d. Statistical tests are employed with quantitative research studies. . Answer:
a. Correlational research involves the use of statistics to determine
relationships among variables
c. Quasi-experimental research is a useful option when controlled conditions
are not possible.
d. Statistical test are employed with quantitative research studies
Question 11.
What study design involves no intervention on the part of the researcher? Select all that
apply.
a. Correlational
b. Descriptive
c. Experimental
d. Quasi-experimental .
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ACCURATE ANSWERS 2027
Question 1.
The nurse reviews a study exploring experiences of nurses' decision- making processes
regarding reporting a medical error. Which research method does this represent?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction .
Answer: B. Description
Question 2.
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) began to change its focus to
a. funding nursing rather than medical research.
b. evaluating outcomes rather than process studies.
c. increasing the status and funding for nursing research.
d. supporting the dissemination of nursing research. .
Answer: c. increasing the status and funding for nursing research.
Question 3.
Which study exemplifies qualitative research?
a. A study that evaluates appetite among residents of a long-term care facility and
correlates this data with whether or not residents are rooming together with their
spouses
b. A study that defines levels of appetite based on residents' descriptions of hunger in a
long-term care facility
c. A study that observes the interactions of spouses during mealtimes in a long-term
care facility
d. A study that observes the effectiveness of spousal encouragement to eat on the
residents' quality of appetite in a long-term care facility .
Answer: c. A study that observes the interactions of spouses during mealtimes
in a long-term care facility
Question 4.
Which research technique would be used by a nurse researcher who wishes to compare
bonding patterns of neonatal intensive care (NIC) infants to non-NIC infants to test
various theories about infant-parent bonding?
a. Experimental
b. Exploratory
c. Grounded theory
d. Quasi-experimental .
,Answer: c. Grounded theory
Question 5.
What type of qualitative research method would be used to describe and interpret a
culture and cultural behavior?
a. Grounded theory
b. Ethnographic research
c. Exploratory-descriptive
d. Phenomenological .
Answer: b. Ethnographic research
Question 6.
A nurse understands the meaning of entering the world of nursing research to be? Select
all that apply.
a. A way of learning a unique language
b. A way of using old experiences to learn
c. A new way of experiencing reality
d. A new way of learning multiple languages
e. A way of incorporating new rules .
Answer: a. A way of learning a unique language
c. A new way of experiencing reality
e. A way of incorporating new rules
Question 7.
Which are components of evidence-based practice (EBP)? Select all that apply.
a. Best research evidence
b. Expert opinion consensus
c. Patient needs and values
d. Safe, cost-effective care .
Answer: a. Best research evidence
b. Expert opinion consensus
d. Safe, cost-effective care
Question 8.
Which of the following are characteristics of quantitative research methods? Select all
that apply.
a. Objective
b. Cause and effect relationships
c. Tests theory
d. Develops theory and frameworks
e. Numbers .
, Answer: a. Objective
b. Cause and effect relationships
c. Tests theory
e. Numbers
Question 9.
In which type of research study does the researcher have the most control?
a. Correlational
b. Descriptive
c. Experimental
d. Quasi-experimental .
Answer: c. experimental
Question 10.
In a qualitative study to describe stages of grief, the researcher asks parents who have
lost a child to cancer to describe their experiences with grief at specific time intervals
after their children's deaths. Which assumption will the researcher make?
a. Study subjects have knowledge about theoretical concepts about grief.
b. Study subjects understand the concept of grief.
c. Subjects will be able to articulate their feelings coherently.
d. Subjects will be available for data collection at specific time intervals. .
Answer: b. Study subjects understand the concept of grief
‣ Which of the following are true statements about quantitative research?
Select all that apply.
a. Correlational research involves the use of statistics to determine
relationships among variables.
b. Experimental research is the only type of quantitative research that is
valid.
c. Quasi-experimental research is a useful option when controlled conditions
are not possible.
d. Statistical tests are employed with quantitative research studies. . Answer:
a. Correlational research involves the use of statistics to determine
relationships among variables
c. Quasi-experimental research is a useful option when controlled conditions
are not possible.
d. Statistical test are employed with quantitative research studies
Question 11.
What study design involves no intervention on the part of the researcher? Select all that
apply.
a. Correlational
b. Descriptive
c. Experimental
d. Quasi-experimental .
