The Nurse Researcher Is Interested in Conducting Research into a Specific

The nurse researcher is interested in conducting research into a specific clinical problem. The research design will require that the participants be deceived about the purpose of an intervention. What should the researcher consider about this design?

A) Deception of study participants is illegal.
B) The Institutional Review Board (IRB) will likely not approve this study.
C) Deception of study participants is a common part of most research designs and is appropriate if the deception does not cause the patient to be harmed.
D) The researcher must prove to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) that this deception is critical to the study design.