A Nurse Researcher Is Designing a Quantitative Research Study Involving

question 32

Multiple Choice

A nurse researcher is designing a quantitative research study involving a specific group of patients admitted to local hospitals and is assessing the feasibility of the study.Which factor negatively affects 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 represent less than 1% of hospital admissions during the year previous to the study.
• C) Study participants who were children under the age of 5 years could not give direct informed consent to participate in the study.
• D) A comprehensive review of the literature shows no studies were conducted that examined this question during the past 15 years.

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