From pull to push: Understanding nurses' information needs

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-85

  Randell, Rebecca ^a   Mitchell, Natasha ^b   Thompson, Carl ^b   McCaughan, Dorothy ^b   Dowding, Dawn ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information needs; Information tools; Nurse decision making; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 66649097330     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458209102969     Document Type: Article

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