title: The value of systematic reviews in research.
abstract: Nurses may be deterred from using research to inform their practice because of the huge numbers of papers available on some topics. Literature reviews on a topic of interest may make the task easier. A systematic review aims to discover all the research undertaken on a subject and review all the results in a scientific manner. Systematic reviews may highlight findings not available from individual studies and can thus help to inform and improve practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Studies, University of York.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D009726:Nurses; D015399:Nursing Research; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic