The nurse conducts a community assessment. The community is large and the members range from affluent executives to poor migrant workers. To most accurately assess the community, the nurse should:
A) Use a questionnaire written on a fifth-grade reading level
B) Use multiple methods or perspectives
C) Interview a subpopulation of each group represented
D) Analyze census data
Ans: B
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Triangulation is the use of multiple methods or perspectives to collect and interpret data about some phenomenon for the purpose of constructing an accurate representation of reality. When trying to answer a question about a community, the nurse should consider the question from different perspectives.
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