The nurse is designing a research study to assess the effectiveness of two wound healing dressings. What key design feature will be most important to address in this type of study?
A) Intervention
B) Comparisons
C) Blinding
D) Location
B
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The key design feature would be to address the use of comparisons. An intervention is a treatment. Location of the study would not be most important with regards to the design feature. Blinding refers to keeping certain information from research participants to minimize affecting the results via expectation bias.
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