A researcher investigates how nurses in a rural hospital regard the importance of asthma education using an ethnographic approach.Why was this approach appropriate?
A) To find out what it was like for nurses to provide this education
B) To explore the theoretical basis of asthma education
C) To improve understanding of how these nurses define asthma education
D) To look at the history of asthma education to shed light on current practice

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The ethnographic approach looks at phenomena within a certain culture,in this case the hospital,and seeks to describe how that culture deals with the subject of interest.A study to learn what it is like to do something would be best learned through an exploratory study.Grounded theory research explores the theoretical basis for interventions.Historical research studies the history of an intervention.

A Researcher Investigates How Nurses in a Rural Hospital Regard