The staff nurse is interested in patient family members' response to hearing that their loved one has a terminal illness. The nurse begins to collect data from observation of these situations. The nurse believes that families would change their response if they were aware of the observation and does not inform them of the data collection. What form of observation is this nurse conducting?
1. Nonparticipant observer (overt)
2. Nonparticipant observer (covert)
3. Participant observer (overt)
4. Participant observer (covert)
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Rationale 1: In this form of observation, the observer openly identifies that she or he is conducting research and provides subjects with information about the types of data that will be collected.
Rationale 2: In this form of observation, the observer does not interact with the subjects and does not inform them that the observation is taking place.
Rationale 3: This observer becomes involved with the subjects who are fully aware of the observation.
Rationale 4: This observer is involved with the participants but observes the behavior without their knowledge.
Global Rationale:
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