The Nurse Wants to Determine the Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation

question 15

Multiple Choice

The nurse wants to determine the effects of cardiac rehabilitation program attendance on the level of postmyocardial depression for individuals who have had a myocardial infarction.The type of study that would best capture this information would be a:

• A)randomized controlled trial.
• B)qualitative study.
• C)case control study.
• D)descriptive study.

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