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Chapter 1. Primary Care in the Twenty-First Century: A Circle of Caring
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C) the effects of the intervention were nearly
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ntrol for confounding variables that may have affected the findings?
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hodology.
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rsing research has little relevance to practice. How can the nurses colleague best defend the importanc
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an hospital. She has noticed that many new mothers abandon breast-
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urage more women to continue breast-
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es who have advanced degrees in nursing.
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Table of Contents zl zl
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hodology.
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