title: Using the literature to design a study in the rehabilitation setting: an example with stroke patients.
abstract: A literature review can provide direction for decisions that are made at each step of the research process. Rehabilitation nurses can use a review of the research literature to provide the foundation for designing a clinical study. The purpose of this article is to describe how a literature review can contribute to designing nursing studies in rehabilitation care settings. Examples of the literature on discharge planning for stroke patients are used to illustrate this process.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic