What should the nurse researcher expect to be the difference between data collection for patient care and data collection for the purposes of research?
a. For patient care, data are obtained from the patient and medical record; for research, data are obtained only from the patient.
b. Data collection for research may include direct patient quotations; in patient care, recording of direct quotations is avoided.
c. During research data collection, there is no direct interaction between the nurse and the patient.
d. Data collection for research purposes must be objective and systematic.
ANS: D
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A In research, data may be collected from patients, medical records, and many other sources.
B Quotations may be used in either research or patient care.
C Research data collection may involve direct nurse contact, depending on design.
D The major difference between data collection for patient care and research purposes is that data collection for research purposes must be free from the researchers' personal biases, beliefs, values, or attitudes and collected in a uniform, consistent, or standard way from each subject by everyone who is involved in the data collection process.
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