Research on knowledge sources used in nursing practices

This paper reports a questionnaire-based investigation into the knowledge sources used by nurses in two Turkish university hospitals, and whether these knowledge sources were related to sociodemographic variables. 78.5% of the nurses said that practice should be based on evidence and 75.9% stated th...

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Published in:Nurse education today 2008-07, Vol.28 (5), p.602-609
Main Authors: Ozsoy, Suheyla Altug, Ardahan, Melek
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitude to Computers
Computer Literacy
Diffusion of Innovation
Education, Nursing, Continuing - methods
Evidence
Evidence based research
Evidence-based medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine - education
Evidence-based nursing
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hospitals, University
Humans
Information Services
Internet
Knowledge
Knowledge sources
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing practice
Nursing Research - education
Nursing Staff, Hospital - education
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Professional Competence
Professional knowledge
Professional practices
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
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Summary:This paper reports a questionnaire-based investigation into the knowledge sources used by nurses in two Turkish university hospitals, and whether these knowledge sources were related to sociodemographic variables. 78.5% of the nurses said that practice should be based on evidence and 75.9% stated that this evidence should come from research. 80.7% stated that evidence-based practice was useful. However, evidence that was not based on research constituted the first three most frequently used sources of knowledge. Sources of evidence-based on research were detected as being in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 10th positions regarding the frequency of use. The nurses expressed a belief that nursing practices should be based on evidence, but did not reflect this belief in their behavior.
ISSN:0260-6917
1532-2793
DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2007.09.013