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Grammar Section A: Choose the best possible completion of the sentence.

In what ways may qualitative methodology be innovative for studying physical activity in people with intellectual or physical disabilities?

What do we mean with rigor in qualitative inquiry?  How can rigor  be ensured in qualitative analysis/reporting in general, and when studying people with intellectual or physical disabilities? 

What is the particular stance or worldview of qualitative inquiry (e.g., post-positivism, pragmatism, social constructivism, advocacy/participatory) reflected in research on physical activity in people with disabilities? And what are its philosophical assumptions (i.e., ontological, epistemological, axiological, methodological).

 A nurse working on a psychiatric unit receives a telephone call from a client’s employer. The employer asks for a copy of the client’s latest laboratory work and psychological testing results so that client’s medical records in employee health can be updated. Based on the nurse’s knowledge about issues surrounding breach of confidentiality, which response would be the most appropriate?

As part of a career day presentation to a group of nursing students, a psychiatric–mental health nurse plans to describe how this specialty developed. Which individual would the nurse describe as playing a major role in the development of specialty training programs for psychiatric nurses?

When applying the biopsychosocial model to client care, the nurse integrates which psychological domain?

A nurse is explaining advance care directives, or “living wills,” to a client and the client’s spouse. Which detail would the nurse include in the description of an advance care directive?

A nurse is providing in-home mental health care and determines that the care is effective when the client demonstrates which response?

When providing care to a client diagnosed with a mental disorder, the client asks the nurse, “Does mental illness run in your family?” Which response by the nurse would be nontherapeutic?