NExT: creating an interdisciplinary alliance to diminish informational barriers for public health nursing.
Health Info Libr J
; 34(3): 236-246, 2017 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Public health nurses (PHNs) are challenged in obtaining opportunities to learn evidence-based practice (EBP). An interdisciplinary alliance was created between health sciences librarians and nurse educators to create a continuing education (CE) opportunity.OBJECTIVE:
To measure the effectiveness of CE training for PHNs on the knowledge gained about the EBP process and information resources.METHODS:
Ten in-person CE workshops were offered to 69 attendees in rural and urban areas. A pre-test/post-test survey was administered immediately before and after the training that asked participants to rate their perceived knowledge and comfort levels with EBP concepts and resources.RESULTS:
Ninety-seven per cent of participants reported the training was a good use of their time. Based on a 5-point Likert scale self-assessment, participants developed new skills (m = 4.06, SD = 0.968) and were able to find evidence-based literature (m = 4.16, SD = 0.980). Participants reported increasing their understanding of EBP concepts and familiarity of information resources. All data were statistically significant at P < 0.001 (95% CI).DISCUSSION:
With the interdisciplinary collaboration capitalising on the instructors' disciplinary skill sets, the team was able to create a new effective EBP education intervention for PHNs.CONCLUSION:
Public health nurses were able to increase knowledge of EBP concepts and information resources to utilise in practice or grant development.
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MEDLINE
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En
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Health Info Libr J
Assunto da revista:
INFORMATICA MEDICA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos