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D) Therclinicalrsignificancerofrtherfindingsrwasrlessrthanr1:100.
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grthatrnursingrresearchrhasrlittlerrelevancertorpractice.rHowrcanrthernursesrcolleaguerbestrdefendrtheri
mportancerofrnursingrresearch?
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ney,rsomethingrthatrdidntrusertorberthercase.
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atlyrincreasedrthercredibilityrofrtherprofession.
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errthanrsimplyrasrartraderorrarskill.
D) Therapplicationrofrnursingrresearchrhasrtherpotentialrtorimprovernursingrpracticerandrpat
ientroutcomes.
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tely,rtorimproverpatientroutcomes.rThisrsupersedesrthercontributionsrofrnursingrresearchrtoreducation
rprograms,rgrantrfunding,r orrtherpublicrviewrofrtherprofession.
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rentsrwhorhaverarneonatalrloss.rWhichrofrtherfollowingrquestionsrshouldrthernurserprioritizerwhenrap
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dings?
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D) Werertherinstrumentsrthatrtherresearchersrusedrstatisticallyrvalidrandrreliable?
Ans:rA
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ctiverexperiencesrofrindividuals.rStatisticalrmeasuresrandrvariablesrarernotrdimensionsrofrarqualitativ
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rurbanrhospital.rSherhasrnoticedrthatrmanyrnewrmothersrabandonrbreast-
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rresearchrassistant.rLater,r therpatientradmittedrtorhisrnurserthatrherdidrnotrunderstandrtherresearchras
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