Question

Which databases are most used in the clinical environment? In the academic environment?

Which databases are most subscribed to in the clinical environment? In the academic environment?

Which websites are most used?

Which websites may be blocked?

What devices are most often used to retrieve information?

How prepared/trained/capable do Nurses feel when it comes to information retrieval (this could be broken down by database or

by information medium).

Statistics from the TIGER initiative or related entities (these are entities that pushed for the addition of informatics in education for Nurses).

Answer 1

Answer 1: Databases promote evidence‐based practice. However, main difference is about priorities between clinical and academic environment. In clinical environment major focus is on Health status. on the other hand, academic environment focuses on research and writing. There are many data bases which are being used in clinical environment such as CINAHL Plus, Cochrane Library, EMBASE etc.

Answer 2: In academic environment mostly PubMed and NLM are used.

Answer 3: There are many websites which are being used frequently. For example, allnurses.com, nursingworld.org, Medscape.com, aacn.org etc.

Answer 4: Social websites and websites showing inappropriate content may be blocked.