For which of these reasons would a nurse researcher decide to use secondary sources in a review of the literature?
a. They provide material written by the person who conducted the study.
b. They provide a different way of looking at specific issues or problems.
c. They define the relationship of two or more variables affecting an outcome.
d. They supplement the body of nursing knowledge in a specific area of practice.
ANS: D
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A Secondary sources are authored by an individual other than the researcher who conducted the study.
B The evidence is distilled by an expert and usually provides a critical evaluation or response to a study, not necessarily a different way of looking at specific issues or problems.
C The relationship of two or more variables affecting an outcome defines a hypothesis.
D Secondary sources published in refereed journals usually include implications for practice and the work's contributions to the development of nursing science.
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