title: Systematic review--a method for nursing research.
abstract: This article by Arja Holopainen, Tuovi Hakulinen-Viitanen and Kerttu Tossavainen explains the five stages of the systematic review process and describes how this method was applied to an analysis of studies dealing with nurse 'teacherhood'. The authors argue that systematic review is an excellent method for summarising research knowledge and for highlighting evidence significant for nursing, nursing education and nursing research.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Research Foundation, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Arja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holopainen
authors.forename: Tuovi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hakulinen-Viitanen
authors.forename: Kerttu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tossavainen
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000379:methods; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D013338:Students, Nursing