Author Question: Which of the following is a true statement regarding nursing research? a. Descriptive and ... (Read 38 times)

amal · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which of the following is a true statement regarding nursing research?

a. Descriptive and correlational research methods are most successful in addressing the research questions nurses typically have.
b. Nurses do not typically attempt to conduct experimental research because it is beyond their level of expertise.
c. Nurses have successfully used a variety of designs in research studies because there are many types of questions to be answered.
d. The most common type of research used by nurse researchers is ethnographic research because it studies the lived experience of their patients.

Question 2

Nurses in a hypertension clinic have found that many patients do not comply with their treatment regimen.

They designed an intervention based on Bandura's social cognitive theory and wanted to study the effect of this intervention in a convenience sample. Which of the following designs would be best suited?
a. Correlational
b. Descriptive
c. Exploratory
d. Quasi-experimental

Loise Hard · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The reason that nurses do not conduct experimental research any more often than they do has to do with the populations they are typically dealing with, as it is often quite difficult to obtain a large enough sample that is randomly selected.
Descriptive and correlational research are among the most common types, but are not necessarily the most successful.
The reason that nurses do not conduct experimental research any more often than they do has to do with the populations they are typically dealing with, not their level of expertise.
Ethnographic research, while a common type of research used, does not study the lived experiences of the participants being studied. Phenomenological research studies the lived experiences of the participants.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Quasi-experimental study designs test causality in situations where complete control is not possible.
Correlational research does not include an intervention. Quasi-experimental study designs test causality in situations where complete control is not possible.
The researchers want to go beyond mere description. Quasi-experimental study designs test causality in situations where complete control is not possible.
Exploratory research does not include a researcher-controlled intervention. Quasi-experimental study designs test causality in situations where complete control is not possible.