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Nurses utilisation of evidence to inform practice (NUEIP). NUEIP. 2 projects sponsored by the Ministry of Health trying to improve nurses access to and use of evidence to support their practice
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NUEIP 2 projects sponsored by the Ministry of Healthtrying to improve nurses access to and use of evidence to support their practice North Island (Waikato): Fund access for all nurses working in pilot DHB regions to a recognised clinical procedure database – Lippincott Nursing manual South Island: NZ Institute of Community Health Care is managing the project for CDHB. Project Team: • Chris Hendry (NZICHC) • Heather Gray (CDHB) • Kathy Peri (CDHB) • Sheree East (Nurse Maude) NZICHC Project Nurse Karen Betony
Survey of access to, and use of internet Findings • Main sources of information- free access websites and through discussion with colleagues • Most commonly looked for- specific condition and condition management and treatment information • Lack of subscription to evidence based resources and hard copy journals a barrier • Internet used at home and work equally , computer access at work identified as a barrier at times
SI Project summary Development of a ‘one stop shop’ website which: • directs staff to high quality, reputable web resources which can be accessed anywhere, by anyone, at any time • educates staff on how to efficiently search the internet and identify quality resources • enables nurses to share resources
Tips and Tricks Chapters • Introduction • Internet Explorer • Mozilla Firefox • Using a search engine (e.g Yahoo Xtra) • Features of a search engine results page(e.g Google) • Features of a search engine results page (e.gbing) • Finding Information quickly • URLs and Hyperlinks • What makes an internet resource reliable? • Glossary of terms
Examples of browse categories • Multiple health subjects • Nursing care and procedures • Pharmacology • Psychiatric-mental • Research based evidence • Signs and Symptoms • Teaching packages • Browse everything (recommended for new users!) • Anatomy and Physiology • Cancer and Palliative care • Consumer health information • Guidelines • Health policy and statistics • Managing conditions
Still in development An area of the site which will require registration This area aims to: • allow access to evidence based subscription site • provide a central point for policies and procedures Nurses can currently: • make content suggestions • highlight new articles