374 CHAPTER SIX TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2025
Institutional review boards determine whether research studies involving human subjects will
achieve what?
a.
Publication
b.
Increase the body of nursing knowledge
c.
Avoid causing harm to research subjects
d.
Funding - 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 to understand the "lived
experience." These characteristics are consistent with which qualitative research method?
a.
Grounded theory
b.
Ethnography
c.
Phenomenology
d.
, Case study - ANSWER ANS: C
Phenomenology is a qualitative research design that uses inductive descriptive methodology to
describe the lived experiences of study participants. Grounded theory is designed to explore
and describe a social process. Ethnography is a method used to study phenomena from a
cultural perspective. A case study is a process or record of research in which detailed
consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a
period of time
The implementation of research to guide nursing practice is referred to as what?
a.
Utilization
b.
Dissemination
c.
Generalizability
d.
Analysis - ANSWER ANS: A
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. What type of research design is this?
a.
Quasi-experimental
b.
Survey
c.
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2025
Institutional review boards determine whether research studies involving human subjects will
achieve what?
a.
Publication
b.
Increase the body of nursing knowledge
c.
Avoid causing harm to research subjects
d.
Funding - 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 to understand the "lived
experience." These characteristics are consistent with which qualitative research method?
a.
Grounded theory
b.
Ethnography
c.
Phenomenology
d.
, Case study - ANSWER ANS: C
Phenomenology is a qualitative research design that uses inductive descriptive methodology to
describe the lived experiences of study participants. Grounded theory is designed to explore
and describe a social process. Ethnography is a method used to study phenomena from a
cultural perspective. A case study is a process or record of research in which detailed
consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a
period of time
The implementation of research to guide nursing practice is referred to as what?
a.
Utilization
b.
Dissemination
c.
Generalizability
d.
Analysis - ANSWER ANS: A
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. What type of research design is this?
a.
Quasi-experimental
b.
Survey
c.
