The nurse is reading the report of a qualitative research study conducted in the hospital where the nurse is employed and published in the quarterly newsletter
From information in the report, the nurse can identify two co-workers who have now left the facility. How should the nurse interpret this information? 1. Since the study was published in the hospital newsletter this breach of confidentiality is not significant.
2. Since the co-workers have left the facility, most people will not be able to identify them.
3. This is a serious breach of confidentiality in the study and should be addressed.
4. This is an interesting finding, but isn't significant to the research.
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Rationale 1: Even though this study has only been published in an "in-house" manner, the breach of ethics is serious.
Rationale 2: It does not matter if only a few people can identify these study participants. The breach of ethics is serious.
Rationale 3: Since it is nearly impossible to maintain anonymity in a qualitative research study, the researcher must take extra care to preserve the study participants' confidentiality. This is a major breach of research ethics.
Rationale 4: When the researcher makes a serious error in standard research procedure, the quality of the whole study is in question.
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A) parallel play. B) peer play. C) adjacent play. D) premature play.
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A. implications for time and place of care. B. expanding opportunities for nurses to share information in collaborative efforts. C. fast-tracking nurse education to grow the ranks of nurse practitioners. D. enabling nurses to lead change to advance health.