NSG 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Grey Literature, Literature Review, Systematic Review
9 Feb 2017
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A summary of scholarly literature on a topic. Primary sources: articles and books by the original author, ex. A published research study: literature reviews should use primarily primary sources. Secondary sources: published (or unpublished) material written by persons other than the original author, a summary of material, critique, commentary, analysis of a theory, topic, practice, example: article about an analysis or a clinical practice. Peer-reviewed publications: refereed, blind reviewed by external reviwers. Non-peer reviewed literature: clinical practice articles, commentaries, some reviews. Purpose of the literature review: from the perspective of consumers. Students: scholarly papers, oral presentations, debates, to learn evidence based-practice. Nurses in clinical (or policy) settings: to implement evidence-based practice, to evaluate hospital-based client outcome data. Discove frameworks used to study the problem. Helps to determine need for replication; revision of interventions; or study protocol. Synthesizes the strengths and limitations of studies. A key step in the research process.
