From the ground up: Information needs of nurses in a rural public health department in Oregon

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-342

  Turner, Anne M ^a   Stavri, Zoe ^b   Revere, Debra ^a   Altamore, Rita ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Research Analysis and Design   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIBRARIAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROCOMPUTER; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; OREGON; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 55849121560     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.4.008     Document Type: Article

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