A.   Adhering to widely accepted methods reduces bias

B.   Findings represent conclusions arrived at across studies

C.   It is best done by one person to control conflicting views

D.   It can lead to conclusions based on findings from studies with diverse designs

A.   At the onset of conducting an SR, a decision is made to exclude studies based on quality, research design, and/or years of publication

B.   One type of SR is a meta-synthesis

C.   The goal of SRs is to reach conclusions that represent the findings of a body of individual studies

D.   SR is another name for a literature review

A.   Systematic review with random selection synthesis

B.   Systematic review with qualitative synthesis

C.   Systematic review with statistical synthesis

D.   Systematic review with narrative synthesis

A.   As a standard for nurse performance appraisal

B.   To guide agencies in developing protocols specific to their setting

C.   To inform patients of the care they should expect

D.   As a educational tool for nurses and other providers

A.   The more focused the guideline, the more useful it is

B.   Broad guidelines and focused guidelines can both be useful

C.   The broader the scope of the guideline, the more useful it is

D.   An intermediate scope is most useful

A.   The producers used a levels of evidence hierarchy to characterize the types of supporting evidence

B.   The producers of the guideline will say so and a reference list is provided

C.   The evidence for each recommendation is summarized and referenced

D.   A computerized database search was conducted before the recommendations were developed

A.   A randomized clinical trial

B.   A study with a large sample that tests an intervention

C.   A qualitative study

D.   An evidence-based clinical practice guideline

A.   National Institute of Nursing Research and American Nursing Association

B.   Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and American Nursing Association

C.   National Institute of Nursing Research and Joanna Briggs Institute

D.   Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and Joanna Briggs Institute

A.   Using a CINAHL Heading allows you to use a Boolean operator

B.   Using a CINAHL Heading limits the retrieval to research articles

C.   Using a CINAHL Heading retrieves all articles about the heading topic, not just those with the exact word or phrase

D.   You can use it when you don’t know how to correctly spelling something

A.   Identify a focused clinical question and give it to a healthcare librarian to search CINAHL, PubMed, and other electronic databases as s/he thinks appropriate

B.   Identify a clinical question and have each team member conduct a search on a different database.

C.   Identify a clinical question, muddle around in CINAHL or PubMed to get a sense for the issues involved, focus the question, then ask a healthcare librarian to conduct searches

D.   Identify a clinical question and search CINAHL and PubMed for systematic reviews on the topic