Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

1. Put the following points of the scientific literature publication cycle in order.
   a. Finding cited in textbook
   b. Paper accepted for publication in scholarly journal
   c. Idea for research identified
   d. Article cited in indexes in databases
   e. Findings included in magazine article


2. Which of the following are primary sources? (Select all that apply.)
   a. Biography
   b. Systematic review
   c. Research article
   d. Dissertation


3. Which of the following journals are considered scholarly journals? (Select all that apply.)
   a. Nursing Research
   b. RN Magazine
   c. American Journal of Nursing
   d. Journal of Nursing Scholarship


4. What is a review that synthesizes only published articles to answer questions about
   phenomena of interest?
   a. Narrative review
   b. Integrative review
   c. Meta-analysis
   d. Systematic review

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE 4-2

How did you do? 1. c, b, d, e, a; 2. c, d; 3. a, d; 4. b

4.3 How Sources Are Organized

At the end of this section, you will be able to:

‹ Identify and use a variety of sources, both within and outside of the field of nursing, as

appropriate

‹ Explain how the sources are structured

‹ Distinguish between the different sources’ content, in both topic or subject matter

and in format

Consider your first clinical experience with a patient. Before that experience,

you were educated about various aspects of patient care and equipment. No one

just handed you a stethoscope and a blood pressure cuff and wished you luck.

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