What is the population being studied? What is the target population? Does the sample represent the population of interest? Do the authors discuss the sampling method used for this study? If so, what is it? If not, based on your reading, what kind of sampling method do you think was used?

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For this module, we will be discussing sampling methods in nursing research.
Find a nursing research article on a topic of interest to you. It may be an article from your recent EBP/PICO paper literature search or an article you are interesting in using a critique later in the course. Share the article with the rest of us by either providing a link to the article or attaching a PDF copy to your post.

After reviewing the article, discuss the sampling methods used by answering these questions:

1. What is the population being studied?
2. What is the target population?
3. Does the sample represent the population of interest?
4. Do the authors discuss the sampling method used for this study? If so, what is it? If not, based on your reading, what kind of sampling method do you think was used?