Nursing Research Report: Evidence, Literature Review, IMRaD

This nursing research report delves into the core concepts of evidence-based practice, the role of literature reviews, and the structure of scientific articles using the IMRaD format. The report examines how evidence, derived from research findings and peer-reviewed articles, influences clinical decision-making in healthcare. It emphasizes the importance of literature reviews in synthesizing existing research, identifying knowledge gaps, and supporting clinical decisions with a solid rationale. The report also outlines the characteristics of a good literature review, including its structure, relevance, and the use of proper citations. Furthermore, it highlights the significance of IMRaD (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion) format in organizing research articles, ensuring clarity and conciseness. The report references key publications to support the concepts discussed, providing a comprehensive overview of essential elements in nursing research.

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1. Evidence:
Evidences can be considered to be justified facts based on some research findings
to prove something. Researchers conduct studies based on which evidences are gained
that help clinicians and health professionals to make decision based on their current
knowledge and research in combination with expertise (Majid et al., 2011). Best available
evidences include research findings from randomized controlled trials, evidences
gathered from other scientific methods like descriptive and qualitative research and also
using information from case reports and scientific principles (Hughes, 2008). Evidences
must be collected and then incorporated into practice along with expertise and
knowledge.
2. Articles and peer review:
A journal is a collection of articles published throughout the year. Journal articles
represents the current research written by experts. They are published in both the printed
and online format.
Peer reviewed articles refers to the articles that are written by the expert and are
reviewed by other experts in order to ensure the quality of the article. Peer reviewed
articles have proven to be scientifically more valid and give conclusive conclusions.
3. Literature review and its role in making clinical decisions:
Literature review surveys different literatures in the chosen area and critically analyses
information gather by studying and analyzing different researches done in the area. In order
to prove any statement or assumption for making clinical decisions, they needs to be backed
up with proper rationale obtained from evidences from the literature review. Literature

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review represents different literature in the same subject area in a structured way and
organized way that eventually helps to gather all necessary information required to make any
clinical decisions.
4. Major purpose of doing a literature review:
A literature review brings all essential information from different researches done
in the subject area and allows the reader to have in depth knowledge on the subject area
by identifying gaps in knowledge, by articulating theories and reviewing areas of
controversy and gaining knowledge on other’s perceptions in the subject area.
5. Criteria of literature review:
 A literature review should be specific and contain relevant information based on
current evidences and research findings.
 It should be structured in a proper way and contain the methodologies and
approaches taken to conduct the review.
 It should contain current information in a well-organized manner.
 Every concept and ideas should be properly referenced with in text citation and
reference list based on which the literature is built.
6. IMRaD:
IMRaD stands for Introduction Method Results and Discussion. This format is
used in the structuring of a scientific article. It is frequently used in health care sciences.
Articles structured with IMRaD format are concise and short (Cooper, 2015).

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References:
Cooper, I. D. (2015). How to write an original research paper (and get it published). Journal
of the Medical Library Association: JMLA, 103(2), 67.
Hughes, R. (Ed.). (2008). Patient safety and quality: An evidence-based handbook for
nurses (Vol. 3). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Majid, S., Foo, S., Luyt, B., Zhang, X., Theng, Y. L., Chang, Y. K., & Mokhtar, I. A. (2011).
Adopting evidence-based practice in clinical decision making: nurses' perceptions,
knowledge, and barriers. Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA, 99(3),
229.