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Title: Evidence-based practice and related information literacy skills of nurses in Singapore : an exploratory case study
Authors: Foo, Schubert
Theng, Yin-Leng
Mokhtar, Intan Azura
Majid, Shaheen
Zhang, Xue
Chang, Yun-Ke
Luyt, Brendan
Keywords: DRNTU::Business::Information technology::Health services administration
Issue Date: 2012
Source: Mokhtar, I. A., Majid, S., Foo, S., Zhang, X., Theng, Y.-L., Chang, Y. K. et al. (2012). Evidence-based practice and related information literacy skills of nurses in Singapore : an exploratory case study. Health informatics journal, 18(1), 12-25.
Series/Report no.: Health informatics journal
Abstract: Increased demand for medical or healthcare services has meant that nurses are to take on a more proactive and independent role intending to patients, providing basic treatment and deciding relevant clinical practice. This, in turn, translates into the need for nurses to be able to translate research and evidence into their practice more efficiently and effectively. Hence, competencies in looking for, evaluating, synthesizing and applying documented information or evidence-based practice becomes crucial. This article presents a quantitative study that involved more than 300 nurses from a large government hospital in Singapore. A self-reporting questionnaire was developed to collect data pertaining to evidence-based practice and activities, including those that demonstrate information literacy competencies. Results seem to suggest that the nurses preferred to use print and human information sources compared to electronic information sources; were not proactive in looking up research or evidence-based information and, instead, preferred such information to be fed to them; and that they perceived they lacked the ability to evaluate research papers or effectively search electronic information related to nursing or evidence-based practice. It was also found that more than 80% of the nurses have not had any training related to evidence-based practice.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100731
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16303
DOI: 10.1177/1460458211434753
Schools: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information 
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