Barriers to accessing evidence-based information.
This review of the literature found that perceived lack of time is the main barrier to evidence-based practice for nurses. A lack of information technology skills and access affects nurses' use of research evidence. Nurses tend to base the selection of information sources on convenience and accessibility rather than quality. They also tend to rely on colleagues as information sources and prefer to refer to them than to printed or computerised sources.
Bertulis
Ros
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Royal College of Nursing, London. rosamund.bertulis@rcn.org.uk
D022126:Access to Information; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D009729:Nursing