A busy, inner city CCU has had a record number of nosocomial infections during the month of December. The head nurse held a meeting with the department to begin a systematic review process of all of the infected patients. In order to facilitate the collection of relevant data, she can eliminate a barrier to the collection of data by the point of care staff through which of the following?
A)Allowing nurses who are comfortable with the research process to collect data
B)Hiring a consultant to create the research process and collect data
C)Providing workshops and preceptors to guide the nurses
D)Asking the staff to work an extra hour per week to facilitate collection

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Providing workshops and preceptors to guide the nurses would eliminate the barrier to the collection of relevant data by providing support and guidance to the point of care staff. This would help to ensure that all necessary data is collected accurately and consistently. Allowing nurses who are comfortable with the research process to collect data might leave some nurses feeling unsupported and unsure of the process. Hiring a consultant to create the research process and collect data might be costly and time-consuming. Asking the staff to work an extra hour per week to facilitate collection would likely lead to burnout and decreased job satisfaction.

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