What nurses think of library services: a research study

Wakeham, Maurice

doi:10.7748/ns1996.04.10.28.40.c6219

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“…It is unclear, however, what impact these new ways of presenting information are having on clinical decision makers. Moreover, traditional resources, such as on‐site libraries, are being transformed into ‘information centres’ staffed by ‘information brokers’ (Wakeham 1996, Flemming et al . 1997).…”

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The accessibility of research‐based knowledge for nurses in United Kingdom acute care settings

Thompson

McCaughan

Cullum

et al. 2001

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The accessibility of research‐based knowledge for nurses in United Kingdom acute care settings

Thompson

McCaughan

Cullum

et al. 2001

Journal of Advanced Nursing

128

124

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“…Accessibility to both library and IT resources is the most prevalent topic within the literature of health and social care professional and students’ needs. Access to the library in terms of its physical location 8,11,14–16,19,22,23 parking, 16 and opening hours, 8,13,23,24 are all concerns that require addressing. As many professionals and organizations commonly cover wide, often remote, geographical areas, 20,25 access to IT services is essential.…”

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Understanding the information and resource needs of UK health and social care placement students

Callaghan

Doherty

Lea

et al. 2008

Health Info Libraries J

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Background : Students on health and social care degree programmes spend 50% of their time on practice placements. Because of the diversity of settings and the need to evidence their work, it is vital to understand the information and resource needs of placement students. Objectives : The aim of this investigation was to understand the needs of placement students in terms of accessing resources whilst they are in the field in order to inform a guide to meet these needs. Methods : Focus groups were conducted with students on midwifery, social work and post-registration health professions degree programmes on three different sites across the region. Data were analysed using Thematic Content Analysis. Results : Three themes emerged from the data: inequality, user education needs and students' solutions and strategies. Conclusions : It is essential to speak to placement students in order to understand their needs in terms of accessing and using library resources. The timing and content of information skills training is key to meeting student needs while on placement.

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“…[5][6][7][8][9][10] Hospital nurses usually cannot leave their units while they are on duty, and they often work different shifts than librarians. It would appear that the answer to meeting their KBI needs on duty would be to provide electronic information sources easily accessible all the time on the unit where they work.…”

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Hospital Nurses

McKnight

2004

Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries

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A recent observational study of a group of on-duty critical care nurses found that they do not have time to read knowledgebased information from any source, electronic or hard copy. They work (usually multi-tasking) in an intense, patient-centric information ecology. Although they are the largest group of hospital employees, they often cannot use hospital library services that are based on an academic library model rather than a corporate library model. Even though they are computer literate, they will ask questions of people rather than stop caring for the patient to read literature. There is little time on duty, especially with increasing patient loads, to practice the nursing process as taught in nursing schools and no time to pursue Evidence-Based Practice research. Librarians must not assume that making documents available online to working nurses means that the nurses can use the information the documents contain. Document retrieval and document reading are two different activities, both of which take time. Hospital libraries should offer on-duty nurses on-call or in-context ready reference service that includes document selection, filtering, and even highlighting of important passages in the documents delivered.

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What nurses think of library services: a research study

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The accessibility of research‐based knowledge for nurses in United Kingdom acute care settings

The accessibility of research‐based knowledge for nurses in United Kingdom acute care settings

Understanding the information and resource needs of UK health and social care placement students

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