While conducting a qualitative research study on patients' ...

[RYAN BANYAN]

While conducting a qualitative research study on patients' responses to having a colostomy, the nurse is at the stage of doing content analysis. What activities characterize this component of the qualitative research process?
 
  A) Identifying practical applications of the research findings
  B) Reflecting on the nurse's own response to the informants' experiences
  C) Breaking down data and reconstituting them in some other form
  D) Gathering data from participants in the form of interviews and focus groups

Question 2

While reviewing the findings of a study addressing the nursing management of gestational diabetes, the nurse notes that the study fails to address the findings of the existing literature on the subject in a detailed or specific manner.
 
  How should this influence the nurse's view of the study?
  A) The findings of the study likely represent a notable advance in gestational diabetes management.
  B) This omission should be addressed in the statistical analysis of the study.
  C) This is acceptable in a qualitative, but not quantitative, study.
  D) The authors should have addressed the existing body of knowledge around the subject.

[voltaire123]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D