A hospital manager reviews the past year's charting to determine what kind of oral care patients have actually been receiving, who has been delivering the oral care, and oral care's relationship with infection of all sources. This study could be which of the following?

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The study is retrospective because it looks back at past records to analyze oral care. It is correlational as it seeks to find a relationship between oral care and infection rates. It is also descriptive as it aims to describe the nature of oral care provided and by whom.

A Hospital Manager Reviews the Past Year's Charting to Determine