Abstract
Objective
The purpose of this literature review is to provide an overview of the information retrieval behaviour of clinical nurses, in terms of the use of databases and other information resources and their frequency of use.
Methods
Systematic searches carried out in five databases and handsearching were used to identify the studies from 2010 to 2016, with a populations, exposures and outcomes (PEO) search strategy, focusing on the question: In which databases or other information resources do hospital nurses search for evidence based information, and how often?
Results
Of 5272 titles retrieved based on the search strategy, only nine studies fulfilled the criteria for inclusion. The studies are from the United States, Canada, Taiwan and Nigeria. The results show that hospital nurses’ primary choice of source for evidence based information is Google and peers, while bibliographic databases such as PubMed are secondary choices. Data on frequency are only included in four of the studies, and data are heterogenous.
Conclusions
The reasons for choosing Google and peers are primarily lack of time; lack of information; lack of retrieval skills; or lack of training in database searching. Only a few studies are published on clinical nurses’ retrieval behaviours, and more studies are needed from Europe and Australia.
The purpose of this literature review is to provide an overview of the information retrieval behaviour of clinical nurses, in terms of the use of databases and other information resources and their frequency of use.
Methods
Systematic searches carried out in five databases and handsearching were used to identify the studies from 2010 to 2016, with a populations, exposures and outcomes (PEO) search strategy, focusing on the question: In which databases or other information resources do hospital nurses search for evidence based information, and how often?
Results
Of 5272 titles retrieved based on the search strategy, only nine studies fulfilled the criteria for inclusion. The studies are from the United States, Canada, Taiwan and Nigeria. The results show that hospital nurses’ primary choice of source for evidence based information is Google and peers, while bibliographic databases such as PubMed are secondary choices. Data on frequency are only included in four of the studies, and data are heterogenous.
Conclusions
The reasons for choosing Google and peers are primarily lack of time; lack of information; lack of retrieval skills; or lack of training in database searching. Only a few studies are published on clinical nurses’ retrieval behaviours, and more studies are needed from Europe and Australia.
| Translated title of the contribution | Hospitals sygeplejerskers informations-søgnings adfærd i relation til evidens baseret sygepleje: et litteratur review |
|---|---|
| Original language | English |
| Journal | Health Information and Libraries Journal |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3-23 |
| ISSN | 1471-1834 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2018 |
Keywords
- bibliographic databases
- evidence-based practice
- information literacy
- information retrieval
- information seeking behaviour
- information sources
- nurses
- review, literature
- Humans
- Information Seeking Behavior
- Information Storage and Retrieval/methods
- Evidence-Based Nursing/methods
- Databases, Factual/trends