A nurse makes these statements. Which one has the greatest potential as an area of nursing research?
a. "Most of our hospital's admissions come in at night."
b. "It is difficult to find personnel willing to work the night shift."
c. "It seems that most of the patient falls on our unit occur during the night shift."
d. "The personnel on the night shift are not attending promptly to the needs of our patients."
ANS: C
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A This statement is broad and not specific to patient care. It would need to be defined in much more detail to have potential for nursing research.
B This broad statement is important to managers responsible for staffing a health care facility. However, it does not show potential for investigation that would contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
C This statement identifies a specific, important patient problem. Its exploration has potential to contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
D This is a broad subjective observation that does not suggest any approach for investigation or potential for contributing to the body of nursing knowledge.
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