Nurses' sources of information to inform clinical practice: An integrative review to guide evidence-based practice.
Mariann FossumAnne OpsalAnna EhrenbergPublished in: Worldviews on evidence-based nursing (2022)
Improvement in computer and information searching skills, as well as the availability of computerized decision support tools, may contribute to nurses' frequent use of digital sources and reference material to inform clinical practice. This review shows that nurses' most frequently reported peer nurses as their source of information in clinical practice. Information sources such as computers and reference materials were ranked higher, and information from patients was ranked lower than in the 2008 review. Developing and standardizing instruments and ensuring high-quality study design is critical for further research on nurses' sources of information for clinical practice.