MN 504 unit 2 DQ 2

MN504: Inquiry and Evidence Based Practice

Unit 2: Literature Review: Searching for the Evidence

Topic 2: Searching for a Clinical Topic in the Literature

1. Identify a clinical topic in which you have an interest      and one that requires nursing interventions to achieve improved patient      outcomes.
2. Describe why you have an interest in this clinical      focus and why you believe it is relevant to nursing evidence-based      practice.
3. Discuss the specific steps you would use to conduct a      literature review on that topic. What databases and what search criteria      would you use, and why?
4. Support your response with at least three (3) citations      to credible, scholarly nursing literature.