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Review the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) website (http://www.casp-uk.net/Links to an external site.) and the Evidence Based Practice section of the QSEN Competencies (http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/#evidence-based_practiceLinks to an external site.).
What are critical appraisal skills? Discuss how nurses must be knowledgeable about research in order to read the research literature critically and use it to inform clinical decisions. Given how busy nurses are these days, how can the professional nurse effectively get into analysis and synthesis? Also, consider these questions – What is the difference between grand, middle-range, and situation-specific nursing theories? What is the difference between meta-analysis and meta-synthesis?