title: A survey on information seeking behaviour of nurses at a private hospital in Greece.
abstract: The paper deals with the investigation of the information seeking behavior of nursing staff of a private hospital in Greece. It is assumed that the information seeking behaviour has an effect on the nursing care and practices. A survey was conducted through a specially designed questionnaire distributed within 2013 to registered nurses of a major private Hospital in Athens. Nonparametric descriptive statistics have been carried out through SPSS version 20. The information needs of nurses are related to their work role and include information for nursing interventions and hospital infections control. The online scientific content is considered as the main source of information, while lack of time is considered as the main obstacle when seeking information. Regarding the effects of information, nurses believe that information quality and availability influences nursing care as well as nursing practices. Development of appropriate information services and information literacy skills for nurses is required.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Argyri
authors.affiliation: School of Information Sciences and Informatics, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece.
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kostagiolas
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diomidous
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D063005:Health Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016304:Hospitals, Private / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult