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  1. PDF Effects of patient death on nursing staff: a literature review

    The aim of this literature review is to explore how the death of patients in a hospital setting impact on nursing staff. Methodology: A review of the literature was undertaken using the online databases CINAHL, Medline and PsychInfo. The search was limited to articles in the English language and those from peer reviewed journals. Results:

  2. Nursing: How to Write a Literature Review

    Once you have read and re-read your articles and organized your findings, you are ready to begin the process of writing the literature review. 2. Synthesize. (see handout below) Include a synthesis of the articles you have chosen for your literature review. A literature review is NOT a list or a summary of what has been written on a particular ...

  3. Reviewing the literature

    Implementing evidence into practice requires nurses to identify, critically appraise and synthesise research. This may require a comprehensive literature review: this article aims to outline the approaches and stages required and provides a working example of a published review. Literature reviews aim to answer focused questions to: inform professionals and patients of the best available ...

  4. Literature Reviews

    These steps for conducting a systematic literature review are ... Kathleen M., PhD, RN Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step: Asking the Clinical Question, AJN The American Journal of Nursing ... There are a number of reporting guideline available to guide the synthesis and reporting of results in systematic literature reviews. Example: It is ...

  5. Writing a Literature Review

    Run a few sample database searches to make sure your research question is not too broad or too narrow. If possible, discuss your topic with your professor. 2. Determine the scope of your review. The scope of your review will be determined by your professor during your program. Check your assignment requirements for parameters for the Literature ...

  6. PDF Undertaking a literature review: a step'by-step approacii

    literature review process. While reference is made to diflFerent types of literature reviews, the focus is on the traditional or narrative review that is undertaken, usually either as an academic assignment or part of the research process. Key words: Aneilysis and synthesis • Literature review • Literature searching • Writing a review T

  7. Nursing: Literature Review

    A literature review is a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of published information on a subject area. Conducting a literature review demands a careful examination of a body of literature that has been published that helps answer your research question (See PICO). Literature reviewed includes scholarly journals, scholarly books ...

  8. PDF Reviewing the literature

    Reviewing the literature Joanna Smith,1 Helen Noble2 Implementing evidence into practice requires nurses to identify, critically appraise and synthesise research. This may require a comprehensive literature review: this article aims to outline the approaches and stages required and provides a working example of a published review.

  9. Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students

    An example of a literature review for both education and nursing is provided at the end of the book; instead of embedding these in the text, the hyperlinks refer the reader to the external site. This will be easy to change to a new example in the future, but checks will need to be done to ensure that all such external sources remain actively ...

  10. Nursing: How to Write a Literature Review

    This guide addresses how to prepare a traditional or narrative literature review. Why is a literature review important? "The primary purpose of a literature review is to summarize evidence on a topic - to sum up what is known and what is not known. " (Polit & Beck, 2018, p. 107) Polit, D.F., & Beck, C.T. (2018). Essentials of nursing ...

  11. Nursing Resources : Conducting a Literature Review

    A literature review is an essay that surveys, summarizes, links together, and assesses research in a given field. It surveys the literature by reviewing a large body of work on a subject; it summarizes by noting the main conclusions and findings of the research; it links together works in the literature by showing how the information fits into the overall academic discussion and how the ...

  12. Nursing: Literature Review

    A literature review is a summary and analysis of research published on a specific topic. Literature reviews give a "snapshot" of individual articles and explain how each work has contributed to the field's understanding of the topic. The purpose of a literature review is to trace the history of research on a particular subject, evaluate that ...

  13. NURS 3750

    An example of a nursing literature review matrix; Source(citation) Research Question (Purpose) Methods Major findings Notes: Martin, JE et al. (2006) A DNA vaccine for ebola virus is safe and immunogenic in phase I clinical trial. ... Literature Review Examples. Remember, a lit review provides an intelligent overview of the topic. ...

  14. LibGuides: Nursing and Midwifery: Literature Reviews

    A literature review is a piece of research which aims to address a specific research question. It is a comprehensive summary and analysis of existing literature. The literature itself should be the main topic of discussion in your review. You want the results and themes to speak for themselves to avoid any bias.

  15. Literature Reviews

    A literature review can be a short introductory section of a research article or a report or policy paper that focuses on recent research. Or, in the case of dissertations, theses, and review articles, it can be an extensive review of all relevant research. The format is usually a bibliographic essay; sources are briefly cited within the body ...

  16. Literature Review

    A literature review is an essay or part of an essay that summarizes and analyzes research in a particular discipline. ... Literature Review Examples: Lemetti, T., Stolt, M., Rickard, N., & Suhonen, R. (2015). Collaboration between hospital and primary care nurses: a literature review. International Nursing Review, 62 (2), 248-266. doi:10.1111 ...

  17. Subject Guides: Nursing: Conducting a Literature Review

    In this quick 11 minute video, Dr Zina O'Leary explains the misconceptions and struggles students often have with writing a literature review. She also provides step-by-step guidance on writing a persuasive literature review. This open textbook is designed for students in graduate-level nursing and education programs.

  18. 100+ Current Nursing literature review topics + Examples to Write About

    It can also be used to evaluate the quality of nursing care. Here are forty ideas for nursing literature review topics: Nursing care of patients with dementia. Effect of bed rest on nurses' health. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in nursing care. Impact of technology on nurses' work.

  19. LibGuides: Doctor of Nursing Practice: Literature Reviews

    The conclusion will summarize the main findings, make clear how this review of the literature supports (or not) the research to follow, and may point the direction for further research. The list of references will include full citations for all of the items mentioned in the literature review. Sonoma State University Library Nursing LibGuide.

  20. PDF Sample Literature Review For Nursing Students

    Sample Literature Review For Nursing Students Short, R. (2008). Assessing pain. Nursing Older People, 20(4), 16-18. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database. Purpose: The article urges nurses to make the national guideline, The Assessment of Pain in Older People, part of their personal practice and carry with them the simple tools to

  21. Thrift Library: Nursing-Undergraduate: Literature Reviews

    A Literature Review is a scholarly analysis of a body of research about a specific issue or topic.(See Lit Review tab for more info.) A Meta-Analysis is a statistical technique for combining the findings from independent studies to assess the clinical effectiveness of healthcare interventions.. A Random Control Trial (RCT) is an experiment that delivers an intervention or treatment; subjects ...

  22. Literature Review

    Rapid review: Assesses what is known about an issue by using a systematic review method to search and appraise research and determine best practice. 2-6 months: 2: Scoping review: Assesses the potential scope of the research literature on a particular topic. Helps determine gaps in the research. 2-8 weeks: 1-2: Traditional (narrative ...

  23. LibGuides: Evidence Based Nursing: Types of Reviews

    Literature Review Examples. Remember, a literature review provides an overview of a topic. There may or may not be a method for how studies are collected or interpreted. ... and nursing issues in cloning. These are the themes of the different articles that were used in writing this literature review. Look at how the articles work together to ...

  24. The phenomenon of yoga in the imagination of Turkish nursing students

    The aim of the research is to shed light on the experiences of a group of nursing students enrolled in a yoga elective course who practiced yoga regularly for 14 weeks, regarding yoga and the phenomenon of doing yoga, with a qualitative approach. This qualitative study was conducted at a public university in Izmir, Turkey. The study sample consisted of 61 students enrolled in the 1st-year yoga ...