NUR 227 Final Exam Questions and
Solutions
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 ✅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 ✅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 ✅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. Case study
d. Ethnography ✅ANS: B
Survey is a nonexperimental research design that focuses on obtaining information
regarding the status quo of some situation, often through direct questioning of
participants. 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. Ethnography is a method used to study phenomena from a cultural
perspective. In quasi-experimental studies, a control group, randomization, or the
manipulation of one or more variables is missing.
Which organization provides federal funding for research?
a. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
b. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
c. W. K. Kellogg Foundation
d. Sigma Theta Tau International ✅ANS: A
Two major sources of funding for nursing research are the National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which
are both funded by federal congressional appropriations. Private foundations and
nursing organizations, identified in the remaining options, also provide funding for
nursing research.
Which type of data analysis results in the non-numerical organization of data? a.
Descriptive b. Inferential c. Qualitative d. Quantitative ✅ANS: C
Qualitative data analysis results in the organization of words or phrases, not numbers.
Interviews are reviewed and are transcribed line by line to group common conceptual
meanings.
A nurse researcher who is seeking funding for a study should identify _____ of funding
agencies.
a. board members
b. priorities
c. budgets
d. accreditation ✅ANS: B
The priorities of funding agencies indicate their preferences for funding; these are more
likely to be funded than are studies that are not aligned with funding preferences.
A nurse studied a community to determine if there were clients who would benefit from
a hospice program if one were developed. This is an example of what type of research?
a. A survey
b. Quasi-experimental
c. A needs assessment method
d. A pilot study ✅C
Solutions
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 ✅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 ✅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 ✅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. Case study
d. Ethnography ✅ANS: B
Survey is a nonexperimental research design that focuses on obtaining information
regarding the status quo of some situation, often through direct questioning of
participants. 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. Ethnography is a method used to study phenomena from a cultural
perspective. In quasi-experimental studies, a control group, randomization, or the
manipulation of one or more variables is missing.
Which organization provides federal funding for research?
a. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
b. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
c. W. K. Kellogg Foundation
d. Sigma Theta Tau International ✅ANS: A
Two major sources of funding for nursing research are the National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which
are both funded by federal congressional appropriations. Private foundations and
nursing organizations, identified in the remaining options, also provide funding for
nursing research.
Which type of data analysis results in the non-numerical organization of data? a.
Descriptive b. Inferential c. Qualitative d. Quantitative ✅ANS: C
Qualitative data analysis results in the organization of words or phrases, not numbers.
Interviews are reviewed and are transcribed line by line to group common conceptual
meanings.
A nurse researcher who is seeking funding for a study should identify _____ of funding
agencies.
a. board members
b. priorities
c. budgets
d. accreditation ✅ANS: B
The priorities of funding agencies indicate their preferences for funding; these are more
likely to be funded than are studies that are not aligned with funding preferences.
A nurse studied a community to determine if there were clients who would benefit from
a hospice program if one were developed. This is an example of what type of research?
a. A survey
b. Quasi-experimental
c. A needs assessment method
d. A pilot study ✅C
