When reviewing various theoretical frameworks, the nurse researcher identifies several viewpoints about how nurses should engage with terminally ill patients. These viewpoints represent
a. abstract ideas.
b. assumptions.
c. concrete ideas.
d. philosophies.
ANS: D
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