NRS 502 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is not a data collection method in qualitative research? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Likert scale |
Thematic analysis does include one of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Coding
A nurse wanted to explore the working culture in an accident and emergency
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department, which research methodology would be best suited to this study? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ethnography
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What is the most likely consequence of implementing evidence-based practice? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The highest quality of care and best possible outcomes
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are more likely to be achieved
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Why might data collected from qualitative research be considered less important
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than data obtained from randomised controlled trials? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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The findings from qualitative research are not usually generalisable
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Qualitative and quantitative research approaches have different underlying
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assumptions. Identify a key assumption made when undertaking qualitative
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research? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Qualitative research is generally based on
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inductive reasoning |
, What does exploratory sequential mean in mixed methods research? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Qualitative research is undertaken first and this then informs the | | | | | | | | | |
quantitative data collection. | |
What type of clinical question would best be answered by positivist research
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designs? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Questions about clinical outcomes
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What is NOT a main function of evidence-based practice, in terms of the NMC
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standards regarding fitness to practice? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Evidence-based
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practice ensures clinical guidelines are always followed
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Choose the correct 3 different research methodologies used ONLY within the
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quantitative paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Case control studies, Cohort
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studies, randomised controlled trial
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What is the correct order for the hierarchy of evidence from highest to lowest
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evidence? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Systematic reviews, Randomised Controlled
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Trials, Observational studies, Case Studies, Opinions
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Which statement is INCORRECT about deductive research? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-It is used in qualitative research | | | | |
Which of these is only a sampling method in quantitative research? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Probability
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is not a data collection method in qualitative research? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Likert scale |
Thematic analysis does include one of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
Coding
A nurse wanted to explore the working culture in an accident and emergency
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
department, which research methodology would be best suited to this study? -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ethnography
|
What is the most likely consequence of implementing evidence-based practice? -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The highest quality of care and best possible outcomes
| | | | | | | | | |
are more likely to be achieved
| | | | |
Why might data collected from qualitative research be considered less important
| | | | | | | | | | |
than data obtained from randomised controlled trials? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
The findings from qualitative research are not usually generalisable
| | | | | | | |
Qualitative and quantitative research approaches have different underlying
| | | | | | | |
assumptions. Identify a key assumption made when undertaking qualitative
| | | | | | | | |
research? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Qualitative research is generally based on
| | | | | | | | |
inductive reasoning |
, What does exploratory sequential mean in mixed methods research? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Qualitative research is undertaken first and this then informs the | | | | | | | | | |
quantitative data collection. | |
What type of clinical question would best be answered by positivist research
| | | | | | | | | | | |
designs? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Questions about clinical outcomes
| | | | | |
What is NOT a main function of evidence-based practice, in terms of the NMC
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
standards regarding fitness to practice? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Evidence-based
| | | | | | | |
practice ensures clinical guidelines are always followed
| | | | | |
Choose the correct 3 different research methodologies used ONLY within the
| | | | | | | | | | |
quantitative paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Case control studies, Cohort
| | | | | | | |
studies, randomised controlled trial
| | |
What is the correct order for the hierarchy of evidence from highest to lowest
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
evidence? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Systematic reviews, Randomised Controlled
| | | | | | |
Trials, Observational studies, Case Studies, Opinions
| | | | |
Which statement is INCORRECT about deductive research? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-It is used in qualitative research | | | | |
Which of these is only a sampling method in quantitative research? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Probability
