Please give examples of a qualitative -and- quantitative nursing research question?

Graduate level nursing research for MSN/PhD. Thanks in advance!!!

General definitions of "qualitative" and "quantitative" are linked closely to methodology. The applicable Oxford English Dictionary definitions of "quantitative" are:

--That which is, or may be, considered with respect to the quantity or quantities involved; estimated or estimable by quantity or Relating to, concerned with, quantity or its measurement; ascertaining or expressing quantity. (OX2)
These definitions indicate possibilities of data gathering, whether measuring or estimating.

The definition of "qualitative" cites "quantitative" as its implied opposite, therefore, also implying its links to data gathering:

--Relating to, connected or concerned with, quality or qualities. Now usually in implied or expressed opposition to QUANTITATIVE. (OX2)

The LIS literature on qualitative research methodologically follows this approach of defining qualitative in opposition to quantitative. Jack Glazier's discussion epitomizes the dichotomous and vague nature of definitions of qualitative research in LIS by suggesting that it be defined by what it is not, quantitative. "It is not ... It is not ... It is not ..." (1992, 6) He lists as qualitative methods ethnographic and naturalistic and, most curiously, unobtrusive measures.

The one characteristic that all these terms share is that they tend to obscure rather than clarify the concept. The concept seems to be confusing not only because of the number of terms applied, but also because it carries different connotations for different people. (Glazier 1992, 6)

Examples of qualitative research--

1) interview 50 elderly patients to find out what are their major health concerns
2) interview 50 nursing students to find out the five major reasons they joined nursing
3) Interview/survey 100 teen agers to determine dietary aptterns

Examples of quantative research--

1) Determine rate of deep veous thrombosis in medical ICU patients (something that will be a number 7 cases out of 100 admitted so 7%)
2) Determine mortality after acute MI in 2005 in your hospital, again will be a number

Good Luck!

Qualitative: How does the relationship between doctor and nurse effect patient care? Does a horizontal relationship work better then a vertical one? (Horizontal as in everyone's opinion on patient care counts and where the nurse is an equal partner in the process. Vertical as in "I'm the doctor, you're the nurse, shut up and do as I say")