A nurse has recently completed a research study in a nursing center. Based on the historical pat-tern of research in nursing centers, what would likely have been the focus of this research?
a. The development and characteristics of nursing centers
b. The effects of nursing models of care in nursing centers
c. Client outcomes
d. Managed competition in nursing centers
ANS: A
Typically, descriptive data has been collected about clients, types of services, financial support systems, and community relationships over the past three decades. Additional research in the fu-ture needs to be done to look at the effects of nursing models of care and client outcomes. There is no need at the present time to look at managed competition in nursing centers.
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