A nurse has been asked to make a presentation to a group of high school students on the subject of sexual health. However, the nurse does not have a background in this practice area and requires rapid access to evidence-based guidelines
Which of the following strategies is
most likely to provide the nurse with valid and reliable evidence in a time-efficient manner?
A) Search the Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews
B) Google search terms such as "sexual health teens" and "sexual education"
C) Search Medline using PubMed and order relevant articles
D) Scan the most recent issues of nursing journals that address this area of practice
Ans: A
For some problems, a systematic review may be available from a source such as the
Cochrane Library. Often this review is done by an expert panel providing excellent information
on which to base decisions. This approach is more likely to produce valid and reliable results
than a Google search and is more efficient than searching journal manually or ordering articles
through PubMed.
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