Improve nursing in evidence-based practice: How Chinese nurses' read and comprehend scientific literature.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine Chinese nurses' practice of reading and understanding scientific literature and elucidate the motivating and deterring factors.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study conducted between March and June 2015. A random sample of 853 full-time registered nurses from three tertiary and two secondary hospitals in China filled out a set of self-administered questionnaires, including literature habit questionnaire(41 items), the situational motivation scale and the socio-demographic and professional characteristics questionnaire(15 items).

Results

Significant majority (89.2%) of the respondents reported perception of barriers to keeping up to date with literature. The language barrier was the most prominent, followed by poor presentation and readability

SUBMITTER: Huang FF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6626166 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature