Credible resources are essential part of working in an academic field. Academics focus on primary resources, which means that the information is developed by original person working on the study, model or scholarly discussion. Furthermore, when reviewing information such as a literature review the information should offer the most consistent and strongest level of evidence for that topic (LoBiondo-Wood, & Haber, 2013). As the health care system is consistently changing, it is important for nurses to always be updating their knowledge about new information discovered that can lead to better patient care. Research has become a bigger field since the 1970's and 1980's. This has led to an increase in nursing research funds which led to the
