Answer to Question 1
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Rationale 1: The qualitative researcher does not set a specific time to discontinue data collection.
Rationale 2: Saturation, or no new information collected, is the hallmark of qualitative studies.
Rationale 3: The qualitative researcher does not specify a number of individuals that will be interviewed.
Rationale 4: The qualitative researcher collects data until no new data are forthcoming, not until all data have been validated.
Answer to Question 2
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Rationale 1: Nursing's traditional focus is on the individual, which is consistent with qualitative research.
Rationale 2: Nursing's focus is on the individual and the individual's situation, which make the findings of qualitative research very applicable to nursing practice.
Rationale 3: Qualitative research will contribute to EBP when qualitative research communicates study findings and their utilization in nursing practice.
Rationale 4: It is the very phenomena that are of interest to nurses that are examined by qualitative research.
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
Nurse examining and measuring hematuria sample from client with a UTI
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