All Free Nursing Management and Ethics MCQs with Answers

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  • A. Descriptive survey design
  • B. Randomised controlled trial
  • C. Phenomenological design
  • D. Retrospective case-control design

Explanation: Random assignment to an intervention or comparison group is a key feature of a randomised controlled trial.

Correct answer: Randomised controlled trial
  • A. Internal validity
  • B. Reliability
  • C. External validity
  • D. Sampling adequacy

Explanation: Reliability means that a measurement gives consistent results under similar conditions.

Correct answer: Reliability
Hard
  • A. The instrument may lack construct validity for anxiety
  • B. The sample may have excessive statistical power
  • C. The study automatically has high inter-rater reliability
  • D. The findings must be qualitative rather than quantitative

Explanation: Construct validity asks whether an instrument measures the concept it claims to measure.

Correct answer: The instrument may lack construct validity for anxiety
Moderate
  • A. Convenience sampling
  • B. Purposive sampling
  • C. Systematic random sampling
  • D. Cluster sampling

Explanation: Purposive sampling selects participants who have direct experience of the phenomenon being studied.

Correct answer: Purposive sampling
  • A. Informed consent
  • B. Data saturation
  • C. Blinding
  • D. Statistical significance

Explanation: Informed consent requires adequate information, understanding, and voluntary agreement before participation.

Correct answer: Informed consent
  • A. The null hypothesis is rejected at this level
  • B. The intervention is proven safe for every patient
  • C. There is a 3 percent chance the hypothesis is true
  • D. The result must be clinically important

Explanation: Because 0.03 is less than 0.05, the result is statistically significant at the stated level and the null hypothesis is rejected.

Correct answer: The null hypothesis is rejected at this level
Moderate
  • A. Apply the checklist immediately without further review
  • B. Reject the evidence because it was collected elsewhere
  • C. Assess the evidence quality and its relevance to the local ward
  • D. Choose the study with the largest number of references

Explanation: Evidence-based practice combines the best available research with clinical expertise, patient preferences, and local circumstances.

Correct answer: Assess the evidence quality and its relevance to the local ward
  • A. Feasibility of conducting the study
  • B. Popularity of the research topic
  • C. Length of the final report
  • D. Number of tables in the report

Explanation: A research problem should be important and feasible with the available time, skills, access, and resources.

Correct answer: Feasibility of conducting the study
  • A. Directional hypothesis
  • B. Null hypothesis
  • C. Descriptive hypothesis
  • D. Nondirectional hypothesis

Explanation: The statement predicts both a relationship and its direction, namely lower anxiety after the intervention.

Correct answer: Directional hypothesis
  • A. The nurses' hand hygiene compliance
  • B. The two-hour education workshop
  • C. The one-month follow-up period
  • D. The nurses' professional designation

Explanation: The dependent variable is the outcome measured by the researcher. Here, hand hygiene compliance is measured after the workshop, whereas…

Correct answer: The nurses' hand hygiene compliance
Fairly easy
  • A. Cross-sectional study
  • B. Randomised controlled trial
  • C. Prospective cohort study
  • D. Quasi-experimental study

Explanation: A cross-sectional study measures variables at one point in time and does not involve an intervention.

Correct answer: Cross-sectional study
Moderate
  • A. Age and complication differences
  • B. The use of a pain score
  • C. The name of the analgesic
  • D. The order of the reference list

Explanation: A confounding factor is related to both the group assignment and the outcome and can offer an alternative explanation for the result.

Correct answer: Age and complication differences
  • A. Systematic sampling
  • B. Convenience sampling
  • C. Purposive sampling
  • D. Snowball sampling

Explanation: Systematic sampling selects members at a fixed interval from an ordered list after a random starting point.

Correct answer: Systematic sampling
Moderate
  • A. Poor content validity
  • B. High test-retest reliability
  • C. Sampling frame accuracy
  • D. Inter-rater agreement

Explanation: Content validity concerns whether an instrument covers the subject it is intended to measure.

Correct answer: Poor content validity
  • A. Auditability of the findings
  • B. Statistical significance
  • C. Random allocation
  • D. Blinding of participants

Explanation: An organised record of decisions and analysis creates an audit trail, supporting the credibility and dependability of qualitative…

Correct answer: Auditability of the findings
  • A. Stop the interview and respect the request
  • B. Continue briefly to complete the section
  • C. Ask the participant to justify the request
  • D. Offer extra payment for finishing

Explanation: Participation is voluntary, and a participant may withdraw or pause without penalty.

Correct answer: Stop the interview and respect the request
  • A. Assess local resources and adapt implementation safely
  • B. Adopt the intervention without changing its protocol
  • C. Reject the evidence because equipment is unavailable
  • D. Use the intervention only for patients who request it

Explanation: Evidence-based practice combines research evidence with clinical expertise, patient preferences, and local resources.

Correct answer: Assess local resources and adapt implementation safely
  • A. Patient education is important in every hospital.
  • B. Many patients forget discharge instructions, but the effect of teach-back in this ward is unclear.
  • C. Nurses should always provide better health education.
  • D. Health education has been discussed in many nursing textbooks.

Explanation: A research problem identifies a specific issue and a gap that can be investigated.

Correct answer: Many patients forget discharge instructions, but the effect of teach-back in this ward is unclear.
Moderate
  • A. Experimental quantitative approach
  • B. Descriptive qualitative approach
  • C. Retrospective cohort approach
  • D. Cross-sectional survey approach

Explanation: The study seeks mothers' descriptions and meanings, so a descriptive qualitative approach is appropriate.

Correct answer: Descriptive qualitative approach
  • A. The new method prevents more infections than the usual method.
  • B. The usual method is less effective than the new method.
  • C. There is no difference in infection rates between the two methods.
  • D. Patients using the new method will have fewer infections.

Explanation: A null hypothesis states that no difference or relationship exists between the groups or variables.

Correct answer: There is no difference in infection rates between the two methods.