Information Literacy and Training Needs of Nursing Managers for Evidence-Based Practice
Abstract Background & Aims: Nursing managers play an important role in the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) in clinical settings. Hence, their information literacy is an important prerequisite for providing this service. The objectives of this study were to examine information li...
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Background & Aims: Nursing managers play an important role in the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) in clinical settings. Hence, their information literacy is an important prerequisite for providing this service. The objectives of this study were to examine information literacy of nursing managers and to determine their training needs in the context of EBP.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in four hospitals affiliated with Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2014. Data were collected from 70 nursing managers of these hospitals using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed in SPSS 16 using descriptive (percentage, mean, standard deviation) and analytic statistics (t-test, analysis of variance).
Results: The participants used more printed and human resources (1.97±0.97) than electronic resources to seek information. The mean scores of using different search features in online databases and search engines was very low (1.78±1.04). A small percentage of participants were aware of the purpose and functions of Boolean and Proximity operators, so that only 17% of them chose the most appropriate option to search information from a database. Educational need assessment showed that participants demand for training in different fields of EBP was at a medium level (3.89±0.97).
Conclusion: Nursing managers do not possess required skills to search and retrieve information from electronic resources and they use these up-to-date resources scarcely. Because of this, they can not guide and encourage nursing staffs to use the required knowledge and skills, as well as innovative techniques to provide a high quality care. It is recommended that future studies evaluate the role of clinical librarians, medical informaticians and clinical nurse educators for promoting information literacy of healthcare providers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-126e4dfbbcd74f08ba1efe361dfc47c52022-12-22T00:08:31ZfasIran University of Medical Sciencesنشریه پرستاری ایران2008-59312016-08-01291014356Information Literacy and Training Needs of Nursing Managers for Evidence-Based PracticeJ Farokhzadian0L Ahmadian1R Khajouei2P Mangolian Shahrbabaki3 Assistant Professor, Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Associate Professor, Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Associate Professor, Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.(*Corresponding Author), Tel: 0098 34 31325395 Email: r.khajouei@yahoo.com Assistant Professor, Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Abstract Background & Aims: Nursing managers play an important role in the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) in clinical settings. Hence, their information literacy is an important prerequisite for providing this service. The objectives of this study were to examine information literacy of nursing managers and to determine their training needs in the context of EBP. Materials & Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted in four hospitals affiliated with Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2014. Data were collected from 70 nursing managers of these hospitals using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed in SPSS 16 using descriptive (percentage, mean, standard deviation) and analytic statistics (t-test, analysis of variance). Results: The participants used more printed and human resources (1.97±0.97) than electronic resources to seek information. The mean scores of using different search features in online databases and search engines was very low (1.78±1.04). A small percentage of participants were aware of the purpose and functions of Boolean and Proximity operators, so that only 17% of them chose the most appropriate option to search information from a database. Educational need assessment showed that participants demand for training in different fields of EBP was at a medium level (3.89±0.97). Conclusion: Nursing managers do not possess required skills to search and retrieve information from electronic resources and they use these up-to-date resources scarcely. Because of this, they can not guide and encourage nursing staffs to use the required knowledge and skills, as well as innovative techniques to provide a high quality care. It is recommended that future studies evaluate the role of clinical librarians, medical informaticians and clinical nurse educators for promoting information literacy of healthcare providers.http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2309-en.htmlevidence based practiceinformation literacyinformation resources |
| spellingShingle | J Farokhzadian L Ahmadian R Khajouei P Mangolian Shahrbabaki Information Literacy and Training Needs of Nursing Managers for Evidence-Based Practice نشریه پرستاری ایران evidence based practice information literacy information resources |
| title | Information Literacy and Training Needs of Nursing Managers for Evidence-Based Practice |
| title_full | Information Literacy and Training Needs of Nursing Managers for Evidence-Based Practice |
| title_fullStr | Information Literacy and Training Needs of Nursing Managers for Evidence-Based Practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information Literacy and Training Needs of Nursing Managers for Evidence-Based Practice |
| title_short | Information Literacy and Training Needs of Nursing Managers for Evidence-Based Practice |
| title_sort | information literacy and training needs of nursing managers for evidence based practice |
| topic | evidence based practice information literacy information resources |
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