title: Incorporating systematic reviews into nursing education.
abstract: Systematic reviews of research are important to the quality of nursing care. A number of sources of systematic reviews of nursing research are available. Nursing education programs should introduce students to these as crucial resources for utilizing research in practice. This article describes sources of systematic reviews and proposes teaching strategies for incorporating the use of systematic reviews into undergraduate and graduate programs. Nurse educators are invited to contribute to this ongoing column their accounts of successful teaching strategies.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78284-7951, USA. stevensk@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Long