title: Research on knowledge sources used in nursing practices.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, School of Nursing, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suheyla Altug
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ozsoy
authors.forename: Melek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ardahan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003197:Computer Literacy; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D020407:Internet; D019359:Knowledge; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D011361:Professional Competence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey