NRS 502 – Exam, Graduate Nursing Course, Comprehensive Study Guide and Key Concepts
Review
Who governs ethics in research? - ANS ✔✔The research ethics service and
The NMC
What type of consent needs to be gained in research? - ANS ✔✔Valid consent
What constitutes to valid consent in research? - ANS ✔✔Participants must have capacity.
Enough information must be provided for them to make an informed decision. Participants
mustn't be under duress (forced)
What information is classed as confidential in research? - ANS ✔✔Intimate, personal, sexual
If a participant withdraws from the research what must the researcher do? - ANS ✔✔Remove
the participants data from the analysis where possible.
Maintaining participants anonymity enables them to? - ANS ✔✔Give full aid frank responses to
questions
Failure to gain ethical approval could lead to disciplinary action from who? - ANS ✔✔The law,
professional bodies and employers
Unethical research causes harm including? - ANS ✔✔Physical, psychological, social, economic
and legal
What is autonomy? - ANS ✔✔The right for individuals to make their own choice
, What is beneficence? - ANS ✔✔Acting in the best interest
What is non-maleficence? - ANS ✔✔Do no harm
What is Justice? - ANS ✔✔Fairness and equality
What is the declaration of Helsinki? - ANS ✔✔The world medical association developed it as a
statement of ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects.
Qualitative data is concerned with participants ... - ANS ✔✔Feelings, beliefs and experiences
Qualitative research approach is what? - ANS ✔✔Naturalistic and interpretative
What analysis does qualitative research use? - ANS ✔✔Thematic analysis (text based)
What does inductive mean? - ANS ✔✔Generates theory
Are findings in qualitative research transferable or generalisable? - ANS ✔✔Transferable
What is ethnography? (Qualitative) - ANS ✔✔Explores participants culture through interviews
and observation. The researcher immerses themselves within the group.
What is narrative inquiry? (Qualitative) - ANS ✔✔Explores individual experiences through
stories
What is phenomenology? (Qualitative) - ANS ✔✔Explores people who have experienced a
phenomenon through interviews.
Review
Who governs ethics in research? - ANS ✔✔The research ethics service and
The NMC
What type of consent needs to be gained in research? - ANS ✔✔Valid consent
What constitutes to valid consent in research? - ANS ✔✔Participants must have capacity.
Enough information must be provided for them to make an informed decision. Participants
mustn't be under duress (forced)
What information is classed as confidential in research? - ANS ✔✔Intimate, personal, sexual
If a participant withdraws from the research what must the researcher do? - ANS ✔✔Remove
the participants data from the analysis where possible.
Maintaining participants anonymity enables them to? - ANS ✔✔Give full aid frank responses to
questions
Failure to gain ethical approval could lead to disciplinary action from who? - ANS ✔✔The law,
professional bodies and employers
Unethical research causes harm including? - ANS ✔✔Physical, psychological, social, economic
and legal
What is autonomy? - ANS ✔✔The right for individuals to make their own choice
, What is beneficence? - ANS ✔✔Acting in the best interest
What is non-maleficence? - ANS ✔✔Do no harm
What is Justice? - ANS ✔✔Fairness and equality
What is the declaration of Helsinki? - ANS ✔✔The world medical association developed it as a
statement of ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects.
Qualitative data is concerned with participants ... - ANS ✔✔Feelings, beliefs and experiences
Qualitative research approach is what? - ANS ✔✔Naturalistic and interpretative
What analysis does qualitative research use? - ANS ✔✔Thematic analysis (text based)
What does inductive mean? - ANS ✔✔Generates theory
Are findings in qualitative research transferable or generalisable? - ANS ✔✔Transferable
What is ethnography? (Qualitative) - ANS ✔✔Explores participants culture through interviews
and observation. The researcher immerses themselves within the group.
What is narrative inquiry? (Qualitative) - ANS ✔✔Explores individual experiences through
stories
What is phenomenology? (Qualitative) - ANS ✔✔Explores people who have experienced a
phenomenon through interviews.
