Author Question: A nurse reads a qualitative study concerning the grief process. Later, the nurse explains to a ... (Read 54 times)

yoroshambo · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A nurse reads a qualitative study concerning the grief process. Later, the nurse explains to a grieving widow that grief is a process and that many others have successfully made their way through the process.

The nurse is using which clinical application of research?
a. Insight or empathy
b. Assessment of status or progress
c. Anticipatory guidance
d. Coaching

Question 2

The findings of a qualitative research study describe the main essence of an experience but also show how the experience varies, depending on the individual or context.

These results fall into which of Kearney's categories of qualitative research findings?
a. Restricted by a priori frameworks
b. Descriptive categories
c. Shared pathway or meaning
d. Description of experiential variation

mathjasmine · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Feedback
A Insight or empathy means that the nurse would be better able to understand the behaviors of a patient.
B Assessment of status or progress means that the nurse can assess how the patient is moving through the grief process.
C Anticipatory guidance means that the nurse can explain the various stages of grief to the patient and reassure her that others have successfully made their way through the grief process.
D Coaching would involve coaching the patient to recognize signs that she is progressing from one stage of the grief process to another.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D

Feedback
A The category restricted by a priori frameworks refers to a discovery aborted because the researcher has obscured the findings with an existing theory.
B The category descriptive categories refers to a phenomenon vividly portrayed from a new perspective, which provides a map into previously uncharted territory.
C The category shared pathway or meaning refers to the synthesis of a shared experience or process, as well as the integration of concepts that provide a complex picture of a phenomenon.
D The findings describe the category description of experiential variation.