Nursing Research in Canada Chapter
5 Finding and Appraising the
Literature Questions with Verified
Answers
Purposes of a Literature Review - ANSWERSto develop a strong knowledge base to
carry out a research study or an evidence informed practice project
A review of the literature helps you do the following: - ANSWERS1. uncover one or
more new practice interventions or obtain supporting or contrary evidence for revising,
maintaining, or stopping current interventions, protocols, and policies
2. promote evidence informed revision and development of new practice protocols,
policies and projects or activities related to the nursing practice
3. generate clinical questions
-determine what is known and unknown about a subject, concept or problem
-determine gaps, consistencies, and inconsistencies
-discover conceptual traditions used to examine problems
-generate research questions and hypotheses
-determine appropriate research design, methodology, and analysis for answer
research question or hypotheses
-determine need for replication or refinement of study
-synthesize the strength and weaknesses and findings available of studies on a topic of
problem
Literature Review - ANSWERSthe process of reading all the available published
material about a research site and/or research issues, usually done before fieldwork
begins
Literature review purpose for knowledge - ANSWERS-reviewing literature
-reading to learn
Literature review purpose for a study - ANSWERS-known vs unknown
-gaps
-discover unanswered questions
-discover frameworks used to study the problem
-generate research questions/ hypotheses
-help narrow design and methods
-help determine need for replication
Literature review purpose for a consumer - ANSWERS-Known versus unknown
-Gaps
5 Finding and Appraising the
Literature Questions with Verified
Answers
Purposes of a Literature Review - ANSWERSto develop a strong knowledge base to
carry out a research study or an evidence informed practice project
A review of the literature helps you do the following: - ANSWERS1. uncover one or
more new practice interventions or obtain supporting or contrary evidence for revising,
maintaining, or stopping current interventions, protocols, and policies
2. promote evidence informed revision and development of new practice protocols,
policies and projects or activities related to the nursing practice
3. generate clinical questions
-determine what is known and unknown about a subject, concept or problem
-determine gaps, consistencies, and inconsistencies
-discover conceptual traditions used to examine problems
-generate research questions and hypotheses
-determine appropriate research design, methodology, and analysis for answer
research question or hypotheses
-determine need for replication or refinement of study
-synthesize the strength and weaknesses and findings available of studies on a topic of
problem
Literature Review - ANSWERSthe process of reading all the available published
material about a research site and/or research issues, usually done before fieldwork
begins
Literature review purpose for knowledge - ANSWERS-reviewing literature
-reading to learn
Literature review purpose for a study - ANSWERS-known vs unknown
-gaps
-discover unanswered questions
-discover frameworks used to study the problem
-generate research questions/ hypotheses
-help narrow design and methods
-help determine need for replication
Literature review purpose for a consumer - ANSWERS-Known versus unknown
-Gaps
