Hospital nurses are observed in order to determine exactly how long nurses at a major urban hospital swab IV ports with alcohol. The researcher chooses to observe nurses in a high-acuity emergency department within that hospital. Because the nurses often are in near-code circumstances, they "scrub the hub" only as long as they have time to do so. Collecting data exclusively from this high-acuity unit is an example of what concept, relevant to quantitative research?

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Collecting data exclusively from a high-acuity unit, where nurses' behaviors might be influenced by the urgency of situations, introduces bias into the research. This is because the findings may not accurately represent the average duration of swabbing IV ports with alcohol by nurses across different hospital settings or departments, as the observed behavior is specific to the high-pressure environment of the emergency department.

Hospital Nurses Are Observed in Order to Determine Exactly How