NUR395 Chapter 7 (exam 2)

Which Boolean operator delimits a search in a bibliographic database?

AND

In which way is doing a research literature review similar to doing a qualitative study?

Both reviewers and qualitative researchers have a flexible, creative approach to collecting information.

What is the most important type of information to include in a literature review?

Findings from prior studies

Which is an important characteristic of a high-quality literature review?

Reproducible, with clear decision rules

Which sentence is appropriately worded for a research review?

Research has consistently found that an infant's sleeping position is related to the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.

Which statement about conducting a high-quality research literature review is true?

Reviewers should ensure that their reviews include recently published studies.

The researcher has identified 66 potential references for a literature review through electronic database searches and a descendancy search. What would most likely be the next step?

Reviewing the abstracts

Which does the MEDLINE database use to provide consistency in information retrieval?

MeSH

What is the primary purpose in documenting steps in the literature retrieval process?

To minimize the risk of duplication of effort

In evaluating primary studies for a literature review, what is the key question that a reviewer should address?

To what extent do the study findings reflect the truth (the true state of affairs.)

In electronic literature searches, bibliographic software usually has the capability of locating relevant references when the researcher does not know the precise subject codes used in the database. This software feature is called:

mapping.

In the following CINAHL citation, to what does the "6" refer? "Nursing Research, Nov/Dec 2017; 66(6.: 406-411."

A journal issue in a given year

In conducting a subject search in an electronic database, the researcher would most likely initiate the search by typing which into the data field?

A keyword

If a person entered "foli*" into the search field for an electronic bibliographic search, what would happen?

The search would retrieve all citations with "folic" in the text fields of records.

There are several strategies for finding studies on a research question. What is the descendancy approach?

Using a pivotal study to search forward to subsequent studies that cited it

At what point in the research process do grounded theory researchers typically conduct a literature review?

After beginning to collect data

What would be a good keyword for the question "Among patients with cancer, are men or women more likely to comply with dietary guidance?"?

Gender

What is the first step in conducting a literature review?

Identifying the question to be addressed

When doing a computerized search for quantitative studies on a research question, which statement is most accurate?

The primary keywords to start the search typically would be the independent and dependent variables.

There are several strategies for finding studies on a research question. What is the ancestry approach?

Tracking down earlier studies cited in the reference list of a relevant research report.