When Using Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials (CONSORT)guidelines to Critically

question 22

Multiple Choice

When using Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines to critically appraise a randomized controlled trial (RCT) ,the nurse will make sure that the study

• A) is designed to definitively test a hypothesis.
• B) is conducted in a laboratory to minimize setting bias.
• C) uses subjects selected by the researcher for participation.
• D) uses a descriptive or correlational design.

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