The nurse is overwhelmed with the amount of information concerning vitamin D supplementation in post-menopausal women. Which strategy would be the most appropriate for this nurse to use to find the best practice information on this topic?
1. Use any popular Internet search engine to initiate a search of the topic.
2. Read as many nursing journal articles about the topic as possible.
3. Read about the topic on a site such as Joanna Briggs.
4. Search for the topic on the World Health Organization (WHO) website.
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Explanation: 1. While the nurse might learn a great deal from this search, the number of "hits" on a general search engine would be daunting. It is also not likely that all of the information retrieved would be scientifically- or evidence-based. Identifying the evidence-based recommendations would be very time consuming.
2. In order to read enough information, the nurse would have to search the journals for appropriate articles and then find the journals, either in print or online full text. This would be a time-consuming endeavor.
3. Sites such as Joanna Briggs have already reviewed the evidence and have used the hierarchy of evidence levels to categorize the information. This would be the quickest method to find reputable evidence.
4. The information on the WHO site is not only for healthcare professionals, but is also for the general public. It is likely that very good information is available, but locating it in this huge site might be time consuming.
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