A nurse is reading the report of a qualitative research study conducted in the hospital where the nurse is employed and published in the quarterly newsletter. From information in the report, the nurse can identify two coworkers who have since left the facility. How should the nurse interpret this information?
1. Because the study was published in the hospital newsletter, this breach of confidentiality is not significant.
2. Because the coworkers have left the facility, most people will not be able to identify them.
3. This is a serious breach of confidentiality in the study and should be addressed.
4. This is an interesting finding but isn't significant to the research.
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Rationale 1: Even though this study has only been published in an "in-house" manner, the breach of ethics is serious.
Rationale 2: It does not matter if only a few people can identify these study participants. The breach of ethics is serious.
Rationale 3: Because it is nearly impossible to maintain anonymity in a qualitative research study, the researcher must take extra care to preserve the study participants' confidentiality. This is a major breach of research ethics.
Rationale 4: When the researcher makes a serious error in standard research procedure, the quality of the whole study is in question.
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