A Nurse Researcher Is Designing a Quantitative Research Study Involving

question 9

Multiple Choice

A nurse researcher is designing a quantitative research study involving a specific group of patients admitted to local hospitals. Which factor would negatively affect the feasibility of this study?

• A) The local region has a high percentage of families that could participate in the study.
• B) Potential study subjects represented less than 1% of hospital admissions during the year previous to the study.
• C) Study participants who were hospitalized children younger than 5 years could not give direct informed consent to participate in the study.
• D) A comprehensive review of the literature revealed no studies were conducted that examined this question during the past 15 years.

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