NURSING 

Meta-Analysis or Systematic Review. These approaches can also be used to find literature on diagnosis, therapy, etc.

Limits – Select Refine Search, Publication Type:

1. Select:
   Systematic Review
   • Note: this may not retrieve all review articles.
2. Also try:
   • Clinical Trial
   • Practice Guidelines
   • Protocol
   • Research
   • Review
   • Standards
3. Clear previous limits and check box adjacent to Evidence-Based Practice. [Note: includes systematic reviews & meta-analyses but only from a pre-selected list of journals published since 2001+]

Limits – Cinahl Headings:

• Literature Review (explode)
• Meta Analysis
• Professional Practice, Evidence based (explode)
• Systematic Review

For an intervention search use clinical trial. Repeat search using research

Limits - Select Refine Search, Publication Type:

• Clinical Trial
• Consensus Development Conferences
• Guideline
• Meta-Analysis
• Multicenter Study Review (or more specific review types)

Limits – MeSH Headings

• Clinical Trials
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Meta-Analysis
• Review Literature (explode)

Note: If check EBM Review box, results likely to be limited.

Consult find systematic reviews to locate:

• Meta-analysis
• Systematic reviews
• Reviews of clinical trials
• Evidence-based medicine
• Consensus development conferences
• Guidelines