A researcher investigates how nurses in a rural hospital regard the importance of asthma education using an ethnographic approach. Why was this approach appropriate?
a. To find out what it was like for nurses to provide this education
b. To explore the theoretical basis of asthma education
c. To improve understanding of how these nurses define asthma education
d. To look at the history of asthma education to shed light on current practice
ANS: C
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