Tracy is a nurse with a baccalaureate degree who works in the labor and delivery unit of a busy urban hospital
She has noticed that many new mothers abandon breast-feeding their babies when they experience early challenges and wonders what could be done to encourage
more women to continue breast-feeding. What role is Tracy most likely to play in a research project that tests an intervention aimed at promoting breast-feeding?
A) Applying for grant funding for the research project
B) Posing the clinical problem to one or more nursing researchers
C) Planning the methodology of the research project
D) Carrying out the intervention and submitting the results for publication
Ans: B
A major role for staff nurses is to identify questions or problems for research.
Grant applications, methodological planning, and publication submission are normally carried
out by nurses who have advanced degrees in nursing.
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