EBP Lit Review

Instructions:

1. Implementing evidence into practice requires nurses to identify, critically appraise and synthesize research.  this may require a comprehensive literature review.  Please respond to the following questions:
   
   1. In your own words, discuss what "evidence" means to you. 
   2. What are "journal articles" and "Peer Review"?
   3. In your own words, describe in detail what a literature review is and how it is useful when making clinical decisions?
      
   4. Discuss in detail the major purposes of doing a literature review. 
   5. Discuss the various criteria that a good literature review will have. 
   6. What does the acronym IMRaD stand for?

please 250-300 words