Teaching undergraduate nursing students to search the professional

rninformatics, DNP, RN · Apr 16, 2009

Subject: Teaching undergraduate nursing students to search the professional

literature

Would you please forward this request for survey participation to the

Nursing Informatics discussion list?

Thank you!

You are invited to participate in a survey of health sciences librarians and

nursing faculty to profile the preparation undergraduate nursing students

currently receive in searching the professional literature. We are

interested in doing this given the increasing emphasis upon evidence-based

practice (EBP) within nursing and the importance that literature searching

plays in EBP. We would like you to take part in this project by completing

the survey which is accessible at the following Web address:

The survey will take about ten minutes of your time. No personal information

will be collected, nor will any institution be identified in the results. We

plan to share what is learned through publication and/or presentation. You

may choose not to participate as well as to withdraw at any time without

penalty. Your participation in the survey provides implied consent.

If you want to know more about this research project, please e-mail or call

one of us. The project has been approved by Kent State University. If you

have questions about Kent State University's rules for research, please call

Dr. John West, Vice President of Research, Division of Research and Graduate

Studies (330-672-2704).

Thank you for considering this request!

Sincerely,

Barbara F. Schloman, Ph.D., AHIP

Nursing Librarian

Associate Dean and Professor

Clare Leibfarth. M.L.S.

Life and Health Sciences Librarian

Assistant Professor

University Libraries

Kent State University

Kent