A qualitative study addresses the cues that nurses perceive when they sense a patient's condition is worsening. The study data are based on narratives from several nurses who provide care in high acuity settings
Narratives are most likely to make which of the following contributions to the study?
A) Insights into the nuances of nurses' understandings of complex situations
B) Indications of the depth of participants' knowledge bases
C) Insights into the nurses' abilities to implement evidence-based practice
D) Indications of the depth of clinical expertise that exists among the sample
A
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a. ask questions that the patient can answer with "yes" or "no." b. develop a list of words that the patient can read and practice reciting. c. have the patient practice her facial and tongue exercises with a mirror. d. prevent embarrassing the patient by answering for her if she does not respond.
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a. Emergency department for immediate care b. Migrant Health Act clinics c. OSHA, because the man was injured by farm machinery d. Workers' Compensation, because injury was at work
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