A nurse is conducting a study to determine the research priorities for critical care nursing as determined by critical care nursing faculty in colleges and universities across the United States. What type of data collection is appropriate for this study?
1. Visual analog scale
2. Q sort
3. Projective techniques
4. Delphi technique
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Rationale 1: A visual analog scale is used to collect data by having subjects identify their impressions of the phenomenon.
Rationale 2: The Q sort method of data collection has subjects sort statements into categories according to their attitudes about the statements.
Rationale 3: A projective technique presents some stimulus and has subjects describe what the stimulus represents.
Rationale 4: The Delphi technique is used to seek consensus on a topic from a group of experts, such as the identification of research priorities.
Global Rationale:
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