title: Nurses' Information Seeking Behavior for Clinical Practice: A Case Study in a Developing Country.
abstract: We used a valid questionnaire to survey Iranian nurses' seeking information behavior and their confidence on different information sources. The frequently used sources were Internet" and "personal experiences" (54.8% and 48.2% respectively). "English medical journals" (61.9%) and "English textbooks" (41.3%) were the least frequently used sources. Nurses felt high confidence in sources such as "International instructions/guidelines" (58.6%) and "English medical textbooks" (50.4%). The main reasons for selecting sources were easy accessibility, being up to date and reliability. Google, Pubmed and Up to Date were the most used electronic sources. In addition, there were differences in terms of using some of these resources and nurse' age and gender. In developing information sources for nurses, factors such as reliability level, availability, and updatedness of resources should be more emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Records and Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Masoumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarbaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Records and Health Information Technology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Khalil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimiafar
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheikhtaheri
authors.affiliation: Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Zhila
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Taherzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, I.R. Iran.
authors.forename: Saeid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eslami
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063005:Health Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007492:Iran; D009726:Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013782:Textbooks as Topic