Exam 6: Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review

A researcher performs a critical appraisal of a group of studies measuring the effects of a home care education program on confidence levels of caregivers of older family members.The critical appraisal will include

One reason for conducting a review of the literature other than for purposes of developing a research study is to

What is an important limitation of secondary sources in literature reviews?

To analyze a body of literature in a literature review,the reviewer will

Which source of information is rarely cited in academic publications?

When developing the outline for a literature review,the nurse researcher's first step is to

An author uses an electronic source in portable document format (PDF).Which is true about citing this source in a literature review?

When citing sources in a literature review,it is best if the author

Which database describes biomedical journals relevant to healthcare professionals deemed reputable by the National Library of Medicine and includes abstracts with links to some full-text sources?

What is the purpose of a limited research review?

Which type of study is least likely to include a review of the literature prior to initiating the study?

When appraising a literature review,one aspect of determining the breadth of the review is

An initial step when preparing to conduct a literature review is to

A nurse researcher reviews several articles about coping skills among parents of children with chronic illness and notes that half of the studies involved single-parent families.The researcher decides to examine whether coping skills differ in single-parent versus dual-parent households.The researcher is engaging in

The concluding sentence of each paragraph in a literature review

A reviewer reading a proposal for a qualitative research study notes that the author has not included a literature review.The reviewer understands that a literature review may have been omitted in this case because

A nurse researcher understands that a search may identify thousands of references.In an effort to refine the search,which of the following are accurate statements? Select all that apply.

A researcher conducts a study using dependent and independent variables used in a previous study but uses a different population of subjects.What type of study is this?

A nurse appraising a research article should perform which action to critically evaluate the literature review?

When reviewing articles in a peer-reviewed publication,the reader is assured that the articles are