Title |
Primary care nurses and Internet information
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Published in |
International Journal of Nursing Practice, October 2014
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DOI | 10.1111/ijn.12361 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jean Gilmour, Alison Strong, Helen Chan, Sue Hanna, Annette Huntington |
Abstract |
Online information is a critical resource for evidence-based practice and patient education. This study aimed to establish New Zealand nurses' access and evaluation of online health information in the primary care context using a postal questionnaire survey; there were 630 respondents from a random sample of 931 nurses. The majority of respondents were satisfied with work access to online information (84.5%, n = 501) and searched for online information at least several times a week (57.5%, n = 343). The major barrier to online information seeking was insufficient time, but 68 respondents had no work online information access. The level of nursing qualification was significantly correlated with computer confidence and information quality checking. A range of information evaluation approaches was used. Most nurses in study accessed and evaluated Internet information in contrast to the findings of earlier studies, but there were barriers preventing universal integration into practice. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 3 | 50% |
Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 100 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 19 | 19% |
Researcher | 10 | 10% |
Librarian | 8 | 8% |
Student > Bachelor | 8 | 8% |
Other | 5 | 5% |
Other | 24 | 24% |
Unknown | 27 | 27% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Nursing and Health Professions | 23 | 23% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 16% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 13% |
Unspecified | 3 | 3% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 3% |
Other | 14 | 14% |
Unknown | 29 | 29% |