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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 of articles. Using simpler language when writing articles, improving ones' foreign language proficiency and getting education or training on nursing research were raised as the top facilitators. Additionally, reading and understanding literature was significantly associated with the nurses' educational background, motivation, genders and work settings.

Conclusions

The survey of the current status of literature education among Chinese nurses suggests that providing protected time, training for critical thinking, and incentive mechanisms will help improve nurses' engagement in literature and create a culture of academic inquiry.

SUBMITTER: Huang FF 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Huang Fei-Fei FF   Zhang Na N   Han Xuan-Ye XY   Qi Xiao-Na XN   Pan Li L   Zhang Jing-Ping JP   Li Hong H  

International journal of nursing sciences 20170511 3


<h4>Objectives</h4>To examine Chinese nurses' practice of reading and understanding scientific literature and elucidate the motivating and deterring factors.<h4>Methods</h4>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 s  ...[more]

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