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Creating abstracts - brief summaries - provides tremendous payoffs. You are
drawing on key pieces of information you have discovered to create notes
that will be useful to you and others.
Sofia uses Boolean operators and wildcard characters to expand her search
results as she navigates each database
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - ANSWERS-D.
Developing skills for effectively searching electronic databases will make it
easier to access the best and most applicable evidence when conducting a
literature search. Key skills to develop are selection g best keywords and
terms to use to guide your search on a topic
Dianna looks across all of the research she's reviewed and considers
questions such as, "What is the pattern of evidence"?, How much evidence is
there?", and "To what types of people or settings does that evidence apply?"
,What stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - ANSWERS-E.
Derek is considering where he will search for literature. Given his research
question, he identifies MEDLINE as the best place to start.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A. Devise search strategy
B. Document search decisions and actions
C. Abstract
D. Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E. Evaluate and analyze the studies - ANSWERS-A.
Molly keeps detailed notes to track her literature review progress. She uses
EndNote to capture a running bibliography of papers she retrieves.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
,E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - ANSWERS-B.
After Sandra reads the full text of each source, she adds details about
relevant articles to matrix. the process helps her pull out the most important
details from the article, including the finings and her own personal rating of
the article.
Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies - ANSWERS-C.
When beginning a literature search for relevant evidence, the researcher
selects databases to review. Which database is most likely to include nursing
studies?
A. CINAHL
B. Google Scholar
C. PubMed
D. Medline - ANSWERS-A.
A nurse is completing a literature review, the nurse has several ideas for a
focus, but has not nailed down a specific topic for a examine. Which step
would be most helpful to follow at this stage?
, A. Retrieve and print source materials
B. Review abstracts for articles
C. Formulate a clear research question
D. Screen and read articles - ANSWERS-C.
A nurse is trying to pride the best search results possible suing keywords
searches. What is an appropriate tip to provide in order to achieve this goal?
(Select all that apply.)
A. Use wildcard characters
B. Use Boolean logic (e.g. AND/OR operators)
C. Create a presentation to summarize results
D. Evaluate and lazy studies
E. Create an abstract - ANSWERS-A, B
A nurse is looking across all of the studies reviewed to date and asks
questions such as, "What is the pattern of evidence?", How much evidence is
there?", and "How consistent is the evidence?" The nurse is in what stage of
the literature review process?
A. Devise a search strategy
B. Formulate and refine primary and secondary questions
C. Evaluate and analyze the studies
D. Read and screen sources - ANSWERS-C.
When conducting a research literature search, which activity is the most
reliable way to identify new scholarly references?
A. Search novel Internet websites for up-to-date information