Exam 3: Gathering and Appraising the Literature

A research article has undergone a blind review for a peer-reviewed journal. The nurse reading the research article should understand which of the following about this review process?

What is considered to be essential to a thorough and relevant review of the literature?

For which of these reasons would a nurse researcher decide to use secondary sources in a review of the literature?

Which is an example of a $\bold{secondary}$ source in a literature review?

When comparing MEDLINE and CINAHL databases, which of these differences will the nurse find?

Literature reviews are usually organized according to what?

Why would a nurse researcher choose to use multiple online fee-based databases such as CINAHL and MEDLINE?

A general timeline for a literature search for an academic paper or project is to go back how far in the literature?

The "6S" pyramid hierarchy of preappraised evidence developed by DiCenso, Bayley, & Haynes (2009) provides a means to help nurse consumers of research find preappraised evidence for clinical questions. Using this model, which level of evidence would be highest?

Which objective of a review of the literature is unique to a review for research purposes, rather than a review for evidence-based practice?

For which of these reasons would a nurse researcher include refereed journals in the literature review?

Which of these electronic databases is the most relevant and frequently used source for nursing literature?

Which command is an example of a Boolean connection used when ordering an electronic literature search?

Which is an example of a $\bold{primary}$ source in a literature review?

The review of literature is important to the research process for which of these reasons?

A study published in a nursing research journal is titled, "Effects of nocturnal hemodialysis on physiological and psychological parameters of patients with end-stage kidney disease." The nurse should recognize that this study belongs to which of these types of reference?

Which website is an important source for clinical evidence but limited as a provider of primary documents for literature reviews?

When the nurse researcher conducts an electronic literature search, the search yields more than 7000 citations for the topic. The researcher should make which of these interpretations of the finding?

Which of these factors limits the usefulness of the World Wide Web as a source of information for research consumers?

A nurse is encouraged to use a Boolean operator to more efficiently perform an electronic search of the literature. The nurse should understand that a Boolean operator is what?