Literature review

  Module 6 will focus on two areas: the literature review process and methods to move evidence into advanced nursing practice. Module 6, you will complete the construction of your clinical/practice question worded as a PICOT and literature review. At the end of this module students will be able to: Identify the literature review process. Discuss the literature review process. Synthesize findings to guide, inform, or change advanced nursing practice. Discuss moving evidence into advanced nursing practice.   State a clinical/practice question and explore the literature pertaining to your clinical/practice problem. You may use the question you developed in the previous module. additionally, you may use this in future course including your capstone. When conducting a literature review, the goal is to obtain a representative sample of the literature which describes the concepts related to the phenomenon of interest and the research results applicable to the clinical/practice question and identify what gaps need to be further researched.