As a component of data collection for an evidence-based practice initiative, a nurse is constructing a document that is designed to measure the quality of working relationships between disciplines on the hospital unit
Which of the following principles should guide the nurse's efforts?
A) The instrument should be written by a staff member who is not directly participating in the initiative.
B) The nurse should use a qualitative, rather than quantitative, approach.
C) Complex phenomena, such as human relationships, are not amenable to analysis by documents and surveys.
D) The instrument must be proven valid and reliable before it can be utilized.
D
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