Advance registered nurses (APNs) need to be updated on the current clinical skills and nursing formation to help in addressing different challenges in practice and ensure better patient outcomes. As such, APNs need to critically examine and critique literature relevant to the practice to help in making informed decisions on the implementation of the best evidence into practice. There are various strategies APNs can use to review and critique literature. The first strategy is to utilize the evidence-based practice (EBP) approach. EBP connotes the use of best existing evidence to inform nursing practice (Storey <\/span>et al.,<\/span><\/i> 2019). As such, the APNs should conduct detailed literature exploration by reviewing and critiquing literature to create new knowledge and find the best evidence to apply in the clinical practice.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The other strategy is to actively engage in conducting the research along with other health care professionals and researchers to facilitate development of knowledge and understanding of literature review and critique. By taking active part in conducting researches, APNs are equipped with knowledge and ability to determine, review, and critique the studies for unprofessional practices depending on the standard practices. Moreover, literature review and critique involves a systematic process (Breytenbach <\/span>et al.,<\/span><\/i> 2017). Therefore, APNs should acquire knowledge of the key aspects of conducting studies including literature review and critique. This essential in helping APNs to review and critique literature since they are able to understand basis and issues in research studies and also determine whether or not the literature has adhered to the appropriate design and methodology. The other strategy that APNs can use is to evaluate the overall quality, strengths, and weaknesses of the literature.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n