Searching for Patient Educational Information Using Electronic Resources: An Exploration of Nurses' Search Behavior

Abstract

Nurses are willing to use browser-based electronic resources, such as the WWW to search for patient educational information. But there are problems: Successful searching requires skills unfamiliar to nurses, search results are presented in long undifferentiated lists of available information, and nurses lack the time to sort the search results. The primary aim of this research was to examine the process by which nurses in clinical settings search for patient educational information using browser-based electronic resources.