title: The evidence base for gerontological nursing practice. Part 2: Making sense of the evidence.
abstract: This is the second of two articles exploring the meaning of 'evidence-based practice'. The first, in last month's issue, considered what is meant by 'evidence'. This month, Jan Draper examines how literature reviews can help nurses make sense of the variety of evidence available to them.
authors.affiliation: Distance Learning, RCN Institute, London.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Draper
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012196:Review Literature as Topic