Appraising a published literature – Induction of Labor….
You may use a scoping, systematic, integrative or critical literature review article for this assignment.
Use one of the six Guidelines for Critically Appraising Literature Reviews from Polit & Beck’s Box 6.1 posted below.
Include a stable link to the literature review article that you are appraising.
Box 6.1 Guidelines for Critically Appraising Literature Reviews
1. Does the review seem thorough and up-to-date? Did it include major studies on the topic? Did it include recent research?
2. Did the review rely mainly on research reports, using primary sources?
3. Did the review critically appraise and compare key studies? Did it identify important gaps in the literature?
4. Was the review well organized? Is the development of ideas clear?
5. Did the review use appropriate language, suggesting the tentativeness of prior findings? Is the review objective?
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7. If the review was designed to summarize evidence for clinical practice, did it draw appropriate conclusions about practice implications?
