The nurse researcher wishes to review a body of qualitative studies about women's attitudes toward health care in order to develop an overall interpretation of these findings. Which type of review will the nurse researcher use?
a. Meta-analysis
b. Meta-synthesis
c. Mixed-methods systematic review
d. Systematic review
Question 2
Which study exemplifies qualitative research?
a. A study that evaluates appetite among residents of a long-term care facility and correlates this data with whether or not residents are rooming together with their spouses.
b. A study that defines levels of appetite based on residents' descriptions of hunger in a long-term care facility.
c. A study that observes the interactions of spouses during mealtimes in a long-term care facility.
d. A study that observes the effectiveness of spousal encouragement to eat on the residents' quality of appetite in a long-term care facility.
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Review of Health and Illness over the Adult Years
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