What Would Be an Appropriate Rationale for a Nurse Researcher

question 18

Multiple Choice

What would be an appropriate rationale for a nurse researcher to exclude subjects who have diabetes mellitus,are older than age 60 years,or who are HIV positive from a descriptive study examining the characteristics of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy?

• A) Mortality as a threat to validity is increased when including subjects with multiple health problems.
• B) The exclusion conditions are also associated with the development of peripheral neuropathy.
• C) The researcher has limited resources to conduct the study.
• D) The researcher has all of the exclusion characteristics.

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