A research study investigating the benefits of ambulation after cesarean section would be an example of which type of research evidence?
a. Control
b. Description
c. Explanation
d. Prediction
ANS: B
Description involves identifying and understanding the nature of nursing phenomena and the relationships among these phenomena.
Control can be described as the ability to write a prescription to produce the desired outcome.
Explanation clarifies the relationships among phenomena and identifies why certain events occur.
Through prediction, the probability of a specific outcome can be estimated in a given situation.
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