A nurse appraising a research article should perform which action in order to critically evaluate the literature review?
a. Locate and review sources and abstracts listed in the research article
b. Note the number of data-based and theoretical sources cited in the reference list
c. Perform a meta-analysis or meta-synthesis on the cited references
d. Search the literature to determine whether other relevant sources exist
ANS: B
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