You have noticed an increased incidence of cannula infection rates on your ward and decide to search the literature for the latest information on prevention and treatment. Identify at least three keywords/phrases that you could use to begin the search. Use an appropriate literature database and identify: (1) How much literature is there? and (2) What type of literature is it (i.e
nursing/midwifery or medical or both; primary or secondary or both)?
What will be an ideal response?
Discussion for this topic could be a reflection on the use of keywords on a given topic and how they came to identify these. The group could discuss what they found and why this differed. Alert the group to the fact that keywords exist with every journal article they look at and these link this article to others. Refining and combining search terms can limit the number of papers found or even increase them and this then poses a question about how best to manage all this information and what to include and exclude.
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