How does the nurse researcher know when data saturation has been reached?
a. When the participants all agree on the themes derived from the study
b. When the ideas or information coming from new participants have been expressed previously by other participants
c. When the emerging themes are congruent with those developed as a result of previous studies of the same phenomenon
d. When the participants are no longer interested or willing to discuss their experiences or feelings
ANS: B
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A Participant agreement on themes is not an influence on data saturation.
B Data saturation occurs when the researcher recognizes that he or she has heard themes before in multiple prior interviews.
C Phenomenologists do not use previous studies to determine data saturation because each new group of participants has its own unique set of subjective experiences compared with past groups in similar studies.
D Lack of interest of participants does not indicate data saturation.
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