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

B.   Findings represent conclusions arrived at across studies

C.   Adhering to widely accepted methods reduces bias

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

A.   One type of SR is a meta-synthesis

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

C.   SR is another name for a literature review

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

A.   Systematic review with statistical synthesis

B.   Systematic review with random selection synthesis

C.   Systematic review with narrative synthesis

D.   Systematic review with qualitative synthesis

A.   To inform patients of the care they should expect

B.   As a standard for nurse performance appraisal

C.   As a educational tool for nurses and other providers

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

A.   Broad guidelines and focused guidelines can both be useful

B.   An intermediate scope is most useful

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

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

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

B.   The evidence for each recommendation is summarized and referenced

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

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

A.   A randomized clinical trial

B.   A qualitative study

C.   An evidence-based clinical practice guideline

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

A.   Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and Joanna Briggs Institute

B.   National Institute of Nursing Research and American Nursing Association

C.   National Institute of Nursing Research and Joanna Briggs Institute

D.   Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and American Nursing Association

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

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

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

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

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

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

C.   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

D.   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