NURS 641 EXAMS SCRIPT UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which is NOT true
A. There are no standards for methods of collecting data and analyzing data in
qualitative research
B. In grounded theory, data collection and analysis are interspersed, not sequential
C. Qualitative research produces rich and nuanced portrayals of the phenomenon being
studies
D. Ethnographic research prod a rich portrayal of the norms, values, and social rules of
a health or healthcare subculture - ✔✔A. There are no standards for methods of
collecting data and analyzing data in qualitative research
✔✔Main function of IRB is
A. To ensure the rights of human participants are protected
B. Make sure studies are well designed
C. Make sure that researchers have the credentials to be conducting research
D. To ensure researchers arent fudging data - ✔✔A. To ensure the rights of human
participants are protected
✔✔A study that poses a minimal risk to study participants would most likely receive
what type of action from an IRB
A. Credential checks only
B. Exempt from review
C. expedited review
D. Full review - ✔✔C. expedited review
✔✔How are the findings of a qualitative study appraised for clinical credibility
A. Based on how well they agree with the opinion of experts in the field
B. Based on the richness and informativeness of the findings
C. Based on the control of extraneous variables
D. Based on the validity of the measuring instruments used - ✔✔B. Based on the
richness and informativeness of the findings
✔✔When does a researcher present a study to an IRB
A. If probs are encountered conducting the study
B. After the results have been analyzed
C. Before the study begins
D. Prior to submitting the report for publication - ✔✔C. Before the study begins
, ✔✔In the exemplar study about intimate touch (O'Lynne and Krautscheid, 2011) how
was the data collected?
A. Focus groups starting with a broad question then transition and follow up questions
B. Informal individual interviews at follow up visit after hospitalization
C. Structured interviews (with pre-set questions) of patients at time of d/c from hospital
D. Focus groups asking each person to share an experience where they were uncomfy
w a nurse touching them or could envision being uncomfy - ✔✔A. Focus groups starting
with a broad question then transition and follow up questions
✔✔In the exemplar study about intimate touch (O'Lynne and Krautscheid, 2011) which
of the following was not a finding
A. Ask permission before initiating touch of a persons genital area
B. Tell me what youre going to do and do it as fast as possible
C. Make human connection before initiating intimate touch.
D. The nurse's gender is an issue for some but not all people - ✔✔B. Tell me what
youre going to do and do it as fast as possible
✔✔Fed law requires that IRBs
A. be nationally registered
B. meet yearly
C. oversee EBP
D. develop evidence based clinical protocols - ✔✔A. be nationally registered
✔✔Group of researchers conducting study aiming to prod a middle range theory about
date rape in college students. What research methodology will accomplish this aim
A. Ethnography
B. Phenomenology
C. Qualitative description
D. Grounded Theory - ✔✔Grounded Theory
✔✔Which qualitative method is used to produce straight forward description
A. Conversational analysis
B. Social Phenomenology
C. Qualitative description
D. Discourse analysis - ✔✔C. Qualitative description
✔✔What would receive particularly careful review by IRB
A. A study of effects of 2 systems of position on skin breakdown in pt with mult extremity
fractures
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which is NOT true
A. There are no standards for methods of collecting data and analyzing data in
qualitative research
B. In grounded theory, data collection and analysis are interspersed, not sequential
C. Qualitative research produces rich and nuanced portrayals of the phenomenon being
studies
D. Ethnographic research prod a rich portrayal of the norms, values, and social rules of
a health or healthcare subculture - ✔✔A. There are no standards for methods of
collecting data and analyzing data in qualitative research
✔✔Main function of IRB is
A. To ensure the rights of human participants are protected
B. Make sure studies are well designed
C. Make sure that researchers have the credentials to be conducting research
D. To ensure researchers arent fudging data - ✔✔A. To ensure the rights of human
participants are protected
✔✔A study that poses a minimal risk to study participants would most likely receive
what type of action from an IRB
A. Credential checks only
B. Exempt from review
C. expedited review
D. Full review - ✔✔C. expedited review
✔✔How are the findings of a qualitative study appraised for clinical credibility
A. Based on how well they agree with the opinion of experts in the field
B. Based on the richness and informativeness of the findings
C. Based on the control of extraneous variables
D. Based on the validity of the measuring instruments used - ✔✔B. Based on the
richness and informativeness of the findings
✔✔When does a researcher present a study to an IRB
A. If probs are encountered conducting the study
B. After the results have been analyzed
C. Before the study begins
D. Prior to submitting the report for publication - ✔✔C. Before the study begins
, ✔✔In the exemplar study about intimate touch (O'Lynne and Krautscheid, 2011) how
was the data collected?
A. Focus groups starting with a broad question then transition and follow up questions
B. Informal individual interviews at follow up visit after hospitalization
C. Structured interviews (with pre-set questions) of patients at time of d/c from hospital
D. Focus groups asking each person to share an experience where they were uncomfy
w a nurse touching them or could envision being uncomfy - ✔✔A. Focus groups starting
with a broad question then transition and follow up questions
✔✔In the exemplar study about intimate touch (O'Lynne and Krautscheid, 2011) which
of the following was not a finding
A. Ask permission before initiating touch of a persons genital area
B. Tell me what youre going to do and do it as fast as possible
C. Make human connection before initiating intimate touch.
D. The nurse's gender is an issue for some but not all people - ✔✔B. Tell me what
youre going to do and do it as fast as possible
✔✔Fed law requires that IRBs
A. be nationally registered
B. meet yearly
C. oversee EBP
D. develop evidence based clinical protocols - ✔✔A. be nationally registered
✔✔Group of researchers conducting study aiming to prod a middle range theory about
date rape in college students. What research methodology will accomplish this aim
A. Ethnography
B. Phenomenology
C. Qualitative description
D. Grounded Theory - ✔✔Grounded Theory
✔✔Which qualitative method is used to produce straight forward description
A. Conversational analysis
B. Social Phenomenology
C. Qualitative description
D. Discourse analysis - ✔✔C. Qualitative description
✔✔What would receive particularly careful review by IRB
A. A study of effects of 2 systems of position on skin breakdown in pt with mult extremity
fractures
