Selecting Key Terms In Literature Search

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This new era of year it is necessary for most nurses to undertake a literature review at one point in their study time. It is a complex process of skills, such as learning how to find the research topics and gaining skills of literature searching and developing ability to study and blending the data. The first step in literature search is to find a review topic. I found my topic, as I was interested in studying pain management of patient with pressure ulcers. I refined my search in to more specific so that the final information will be manageable. Selecting key terms is critical for achieving successful results when searching for evidence. A good place to begin identifying key terms is the PICOT question (smidt-114). In electronic data base

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