Chapter 3 Gathering And Appraising The Literature

Question 1

Primary lit review

Answer 1

Research articles and books by the original authors who did the research or proposed the theoretical framework

Question 2

Secondary

Answer 2

Published articles or books that are written by people other than the person who did the research

Question 3

Primary research types

Answer 3

Qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods

Question 4

Systematic review

Answer 4

Summation and assessment of a group of research studies that test a similar research question.

Question 5

Meta-analysis

Answer 5

Summary of multiple studies

Question 6

First three steps of EBP

Answer 6

Asking questions
Identifying and gathering evidence
Critically appraising and synthesizing the evidence of literature

Question 7

Which source provides the most information on EBP?

Answer 7

Cochran systematic review

Question 8

A nurse researcher finds four useful resources. What is an appropriate next action?

Answer 8

Review the resources in the article