Which topic suggests the qualitative research approach most typically used by nurse researchers?
1. Nurse and patient management of pain associated with bone cancer.
2. Lived experiences of mothers of stillborn infants.
3. Rites associated with female puberty among natives of India.
4. Effect of tooth brushing three times per day on rates of nosocomial pneumonia in ventilated clients.
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Rationale 1: The most typical approach to studying this topic is the case study approach. Nurse researchers could use the approach, but it is more typically used by the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, law, and medicine.
Rationale 2: This topic suggests a phenomenological study. Nurse researchers could use the approach, but it is more typically used by the discipline of philosophy.
Rationale 3: This topic suggests an ethnographic study. Nurse researchers could use the approach, but it is more typically used by the discipline of anthropology.
Rationale 4: This topic suggests action research, which is typical of nurse researchers. Nurse researchers could use any qualitative approach, but action research has a goal of improving nursing practice for benefit of the client.
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