Evidence-Based Nursing Practice:
Needs, Tools, Solutions
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Participants will be able to:
A. Describe nurses' technology readiness
B. Define gaps and barriers for evidence-based nursing practice
C. Compare nurses' information-seeking behavior in varied settings,
with an emphasis on knowledge-based information resources
D. Search for evidence-based nursing resources in CINAHL, PubMed
and other evidence-based electronic resources
E. Identify high quality electronic resources for nursing
F. Identify strategies to improve knowledge-based information
services for nurses and nursing students in their organization
| Nurses' knowledge-based information needs |
| A) Information
literacy: an essential tool for evidence-based practice, presented
by The Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing
- Dr. Diane Pravikoff, Dr. Susan Pierce & Dr. Annelle
Tanner [abstract]
[presentation]
[Pravikoff bio]
[Pierce bio]
[Tanner bio] B) Working nurses' on-the-job information seeking and use - Michelynn McKnight C) What do nurses cite: NAHRS Mapping the Literature of Nursing summary report - Peg Allen & June Levy [abstract] [presentation] [Allen bio] [Levy bio] |
| Tools for evidence-based nursing practice |
| A) Searching
MEDLINE and CINAHL for nursing topics - June Levy B) Electronic full-text for nursing: books, journals, virtual libraries - Peg Allen [abstract] [presentation] [presenter bio] C) SYSTEMATIC reviews: credibility and utility - Dr. Sarah Jo Brown |
| D) Web resources
for nursing - Deborah Lauseng [abstract]
[presentation] [presenter
bio] E) Searching for evidenced-based resources for nursing- Peg Allen [abstract] [presentation] [presenter bio] F) PDA: Personal Digital Assistant or Patient Data Alert - Mari Stoddard and Dr. Susan Pierce [abstract] [presentation] [Stoddard bio] [Pierce bio] |
| What Works: New Directions for Facilitating Evidence-Based Nursing Practice* |
| A) Shaping the
nurse of the future: A role for librarians? Sarah L. Greenley
[abstract]
[presentation] [presenter
bio] B) What works: The Hampton University Nursing Information System. Cynthia Burke C) Information literacy as the foundation for evidence-based practice in graduate nursing education: a curriculum integrated approach. Susan K. Jacobs; Peri Rosenfeld [abstract] [presentation] [presenter bio] D) Research to practice: Successful partnerships to enhance evidence-based nursing skills across the curriculum. Janet G. Schnall; Emily E. Hull, Terry A. Jankowski, Joanne Rich [abstract] [presentation] [presenter bio] E) "Research to practice" in clinical oncology. Elizabeth H. Wood [abstract] [presentation] [presenter bio] F) Quality improvement through evidence based nursing. Ingrid C. Hendrix, Kathy Lopez Bushnell |
| Nurses' knowledge-based information needs |
Information
Literacy: An Essential Tool for Evidence-Based Practice -
Dr. Diane Pravikoff, Dr. Susan Pierce & Dr. Annelle Tanner,
Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing
[presentation]
[Pravikoff bio]
[Pierce bio]
[Tanner bio]
Information literacy is a vital competency for nurses to implement
of evidence-based practice. Are nurses prepared? This presentation
will discuss the results of three parallel, collaborative studies
of the information literacy needs of nursing faculty and students,
clinicians, and administrators. This research assesses the nurses'
readiness for evidence-based practice, identifying gaps in information
literacy skills. The authors propose strategies for development
of Information Literacy competencies in nursing students and faculty,
clinicians, and administrators.
Working
Nurses' On-the-Job Information Seeking and Use - Michelynn
McKnight
Most nurses work in hospitals; most hospitals are not teaching
hospitals. Working nurses' observable on-the-job information seeking
and use is different from that of nursing faculty or students.
As with physicians and other health care providers, their observable
information behavior differs from the memories they report on
surveys or in focus groups. What kinds of questions arise, how
do they decide which questions to pursue, where do they seek answers
and what information barriers do they encounter? What services
do they need from hospital librarians? The answers may surprise
you.
What do nurses
cite: NAHRS Mapping the Literature of Nursing summary report
-Peg Allen & June Levy [presentation]
[Allen bio]
[Levy bio]
Based on the premise that nursing journal articles cite the resources
needed to support nursing practice and education, the NAHRS Research
Committee initiated the Task Force to Map the Literature of Nursing
in 1999. Task force members chose a nursing discipline as the
basis for their citation analysis studies. Results from the first
phases provide key data to support content selection decisions
for both virtual and print libraries that support evidence-based
practice.
| Tools for evidence-based nursing practice |
Searching
MEDLINE and CINAHL for nursing topics - June
Levy
What are the best search techniques to use when searching MEDLINE
and CINAHL for nursing topics? Ms. Levy will demonstrate methods
for searching the literature using these key databases.
Electronic
full-text for nursing: books, journals, virtual libraries
- Peg Allen [presentation] [presenter
bio]
Nurses provide care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in settings
ranging from hospitals to homes and helicopters. The ideal library
would bring needed resources to the point of care, which implies
the need fir electronic resources for "just-in-time"
reference. This session provides an overview of electronic reference
works, as well as online journals including full-text journal
collections. The focus will be on content, not the means of access.
Resources designed for hand-held devices will be covered in the
PDA session, along with accessing library resources via these
devices.
SYSTEMATIC
Reviews: Credibility and Utility - Dr. Sarah
Jo Brown
Systematic reviews serve academic and clinical purposes. The process
used to conduct a review is shaped by these purposes. Specific
strategies for each step in the process will be discussed for
both Integrative Research Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Suggestions
for critically appraising already existing reviews will be offered
Web resources
for nursing - Deborah Lauseng
[presentation] [presenter
bio]
Web Resources for Nursing will take a fresh look at the HealthWeb
Nursing site that provides access to the 'best of the best' in
nursing resources. Librarians and nurses alike continue to be
challenged by locating and evaluating the vast wealth of good,
and sometimes bad, Internet-based information. Selected quality
sites within HealthWeb Nursing will be highlighted. Discussion
will also cover searching tips that will assist in venturing beyond
HealthWeb.
Searching
for evidenced-based resources for nursing - Peg Allen
[presentation] [presenter
bio]
Learning goals for this session include identifying the most useful
types of information for evidence-based practice and searching
for these evidence-based nursing resources via the Internet, CINAHL
and MEDLINE. Search strategies will be presented for finding:
1) practice guidelines and other translation literature; 2) evidence
summaries, and 3) primary research, including critical appraisals.
PDA: Personal
Digital Assistant or Patient Data Alert - Mari Stoddard and Dr.
Susan Pierce [link to presentation]
[Stoddard bio] [Pierce
bio]
How can nurses benefit from the use of PDAs? What resources are
available for these devices?
| What Works: New Directions for Facilitating Evidence-based Practice |
Shaping
the nurse of the future: a role for librarians? - Sarah
L. Greenley, BA MSc, Information Specialist, Clinical Evidence,
BMJ Publishing Group, London, , United Kingdom. [link
to presentation] [presenter bio]
Question: How do librarians help prepare undergraduate
nursing students for evidence-based practice? An overview from
the UK
Background and purpose: The pre-registration training of nurses
can provide an opportunity to introduce students to the concepts
and skills necessary for evidence-based practice and lifelong
learning. The conceptual aspects of information retrieval such
as evaluation and application of evidence to clinical practice
should receive the same attention as the technology of literature
searching. In the UK, one trend following changes in the undergraduate
nursing curriculum has been the integration of information skills
into the main timetable. This has potential for expanding the
librarian's role beyond that of traditional bibliographic instruction
towards closer joint working with the teaching faculty.
Setting: Schools of
Nursing and Midwifery in the UK
Participants: UK academic librarians supporting undergraduate
nurses.
Methods: A self-administered email questionnaire was sent
to all UK librarians supporting an undergraduate nursing program.
The study evaluated whether the curriculum use of Problem-Based
Learning (PBL) impacted on the content and level of integration
of information skills training delivered by librarians. The overall
curriculum activities of librarians were examined.
Main findings: When compared with information skills sessions
in non-PBL institutions, PBL sessions were more likely to be compulsory,
integrated into the curriculum, evaluate students, involve a wider
group of faculty staff in the design and execution of the sessions,
be offered throughout the course and include wider elements of
information literacy such as evidence-based healthcare/critical
appraisal. An overview of the roles performed by librarians in
PBL -based concepts and information literacy early in a nursing
career. The level of librarian involvement in nursing curricula
is significant: although previously, a lack of examples of health
sciences librarians integrated into the teaching mainstream has
been highlighted, this study indicates that in Nurse education
in the UK, some librarians are managing to achieve this. institutions
highlighted examples of deeper curricula roles: a third of librarians
acted as a group facilitator and 15% reported authoring "problems"
for course modules.
Conclusions: Librarians can assist in embedding evidence
What Works:
The Hampton University Nursing Information System (HU-NIS)
- Cynthia Burke, MLS, AHIP, Assistant Professor
& Librarian, School of Nursing, Hampton University, Hampton,
VA.
Purpose: To report how partnering with nursing instructors,
nursing students, and other campus entities has impacted the development,
implementation, outcomes, and evaluation of a 3-year training
grant.
Setting/Participants/Resources: The project is being conducted
at a School of Nursing in the Southeastern United States. The
School offers baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees in
nursing. The school also offers post-master's certificates in
family and gerontological nursing.
Brief Description: Our legacy as health sciences librarians
is intertwined with that of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
The NLM offers resources for healthcare practitioners, researchers,
and students. Nursing is responding to the experiences of students
who have grown up in an age of technology explosion in the health
sciences. For these students, a knowledge of the resources provided
by the NLM is mandatory. As part of the National Institutes of
Health, the National Library of Medicine offers various funding
mechanisms to support health sciences training and research. One
of its training opportunities is the Information Systems Grant.
One of the initial steps in evidence-based nursing practice is
understanding how to locate relevant literature. This presentation
will explain the Information Systems Grant, how it is applied
in the School of Nursing, and how it was awarded. The impetus
for this grant originated from an assessment of teaching-learning
needs. This assessment included an exploration of bibliographic
instruction sessions and the use of health sciences databases
in education and research related to patient care. This project
incorporates hands-on classroom instruction, web-based tutorials,
a library website, and the use of Personal Digital Assistants
in the clinical setting. The use of these tools will also be discussed
in the paper. Other areas of discussion will include survey findings,
participant demographics, the impact of the project on undergraduate
and graduate curricula, and future plans for the grant.
Results/Outcomes: The initial findings will be reported
in this paper. The paper will also describe the goals, objectives,
strategies, and future plans for this grant.
Evaluation Method: The project outcomes and impact are
being assessed through student and faculty surveys, student exit
interviews, and other assessment methods.
Information
Literacy as the Foundation for Evidence-Based Practice in Graduate
Nursing Education: A Curriculum Integrated Approach - Susan
K. Jacobs, MLS, RN, Health Sciences Librarian, New York University/
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University, New York, NY
; Peri Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Associate Director, Center for
Nursing Research, New York University School of Education/ Division
of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. [presentation]
[presenter bio]
Overview: As part of a system-wide initiative to advance
evidence-based practice among clinicians, graduate students and
educators, the New York University Division of Nursing embarked
on a curriculum revision to integrate components of information
literacy in all core courses of the master's program. Facilitating
competency in information literacy is the foundation for evidence-based
practice and provides nursing professionals with the skills to
be information literate consumers of information in an electronic
environment. In collaboration with the health sciences librarian,
instructional modules in information literacy were developed,
complemented by a web-based tutorial, designed to promote competency
in information literacy and result in nursing students and practitioners
who are competent to positively impact patient outcomes.
Purpose: Integrating competencies of information literacy
into the master's curriculum provides master's students with a
relevant context for accessing, navigating, and evaluating varied
information resources.
Objectives: Competency in information literacy comprises
an understanding of the architecture of information and the scholarly
process, the ability to navigate among a variety of print and
electronic tools to effectively access, search and critically
evaluate appropriate resources, synthesize accumulated information
into an existing body of knowledge, communicate research results
clearly and effectively, and appreciate the social issues and
ethical concerns related to the provision, dissemination, and
sharing of information.
Methodology: Information literacy sessions, developed as
a collaboration between nursing faculty and the health sciences
librarian, were customized to be relevant within the context of
the specialized needs of each of 5 core master's courses, complemented
with a web-based tutorial designed to reach remote users. The
web site is multi-faceted, with fundamentals for the beginner,
as well as more complex content for the advanced user. Course
assignments were designed to promote competency in information
literacy and strategies for evaluating the strength of the evidence
found.
Evaluation: A survey of information literacy competencies,
which assessed students' knowledge, misconceptions, and attitudes
toward electronic information resources, was administered when
students entered the program and at 1-year intervals thereafter.
Research
to Practice: Successful Partnerships to Enhance Evidence-Based
Nursing Skills Across the Curriculum - Janet G. Schnall,
MS, AHIP, Information Management Librarian, Health Sciences
Libraries, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emily E. Hull,
MLS,AHIP, Head, Information Systems, Health Sciences Libraries,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA ; Terry A. Jankowski, MLS,AHIP,
Information Management Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, University
of Washington, Seattle, WA; Joanne Rich, BScPharm,MLIS, Information
Management Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, University of
Washington., Seattle, WA. [presentation]
[presenter bio]
Purpose: Describe collaboration between librarians and
faculty to integrate instruction on evidence-based nursing resources
into the curriculum at three academic levels, BSN, MS/MN, and
PhD, using a variety of methods and technologies.
Setting/Participants/Resources: The Health Sciences Libraries
is part of a large urban academic health sciences center serving
six health sciences schools. Library liaisons have collaborated
with nursing faculty for over ten years to incorporate nursing
informatics classes into the curriculum.
Description: Six informatics modules were developed by
librarians, initially for integration into master's research classes
and later expanded into research and clinical classes in the PhD
and BSN curriculum. Basic searching skills are taught first, followed
by the introduction of EBP resources. One module entitled Research
to Practice, developed collaboratively by librarians, faculty
and a nurse practitioner, models real-world evidence-based literature
searching with commentary by the clinician to teach students how
to apply skills to lifelong clinical practice.
Modules originally employed teaching outlines on the web consisting
of simple lists of links. Over time, content was added so that
the outlines could be used to guide hands-on sessions in a computer
classroom, or independently by students. Recently, interactivity
was added to several modules using Camtasia to produce streaming
videos of a librarian demonstrating online searches. The interactive
modules provide better support for both onsite and distance nursing
students, including those taking an online-only version of the
research methodology course.
Results: Better understanding of EBP resources by both
students and faculty; increased collaboration between librarians
and faculty leading to more in-class teaching by librarians; planned
expansion of integration into BSN curriculum as part of a new
university nursing informatics grant; continued access to EBP
sources after graduation via web-based toolkits.
An additional outcome is that, based on the positive reaction
by students and faculty to the use of Camtasia, the library is
now using streaming video to annotate other online help pages.
Evaluation: Evaluation of modules conducted with print
and online questionnaires. Student learning assessed with a pre
and post-test, oral and written reports, and posters describing
EBP resources used and evidence found to answer specific clinical
questions.
"Research
to Practice" in Clinical Oncology - Elizabeth H. Wood,
AHIP (Distinguished), Director, Lee Graff Library, City of Hope
National Medical Center, Duarte, CA. [link
to presentation] [presenter bio]
Purpose: Describe a unique situation in which a department
of Nursing Research, unaffiliated with a Nursing School, has created
a program that translates research directly to patient care.
Setting: Comprehensive Cancer Center. The library supports and
participates in the Nursing Research program.
Description: XYZ Medical Center is an NCI-designated Comprehensive
Cancer Center. The Medical Center also includes the QRS Research
Institution, which is the recipient of numerous NIH grants and
has a doctoral program in Biological Sciences. However, there
is no medical or nursing school. The Nursing Research department
is unique, therefore, in its approach to translating "Research
to Practice." Each month an actual patient is chosen to represent
a topic of particular interest to clinical nursing staff. The
topic is researched and then presented to bedside nurses, together
with the "evidence" from the literature. Topics include
symptom management, psychosocial aspects of oncology, and end-of-life
care. The librarian provides assistance with literature searching
and background information, and attends meetings with Nursing
Research to work on the topic, and take part in its presentation.
The librarian has provided training in search techniques to both
Nursing Research and clinical nursing staff. Evidence-Based Medicine
and Nursing resources are provided to the campus and the librarian
is working with Nursing Research to promote the importance of
evidence-based practice.
Results/Outcome: Through this program, patient care at
XYZ is directly influenced by research and evidence from the literature.
Clinical nurses are encouraged both to use evidence and to further
research by sharing their experiences and observations.
Quality
Improvement Through Evidence Based Nursing - Ingrid
C. Hendrix, MILS, Nursing Librarian, Health Sciences Library
and Informatics Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM ; Kathy Lopez Bushnell, RNC, Ed.D, MPH, MSN, Clinical Nurse
Researcher, University of New Mexico Hospital, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Program Objective: To promote evidence based nursing, improve
quality of care, and encourage hospital nurses to conduct research
projects.
Setting: A large, university hospital in an urban setting
with 15 clinics. Participants: Hospital and clinic nurses.
Program: The clinical nurse researcher meets with staff
nurses and nursing administrators, where they identify a topic
they are interested in researching. The nursing librarian, in
collaboration with the clinical nurse researcher and the unit
nurses, designs and executes a literature search. The literature
search is emailed to the nurses, who then chose the articles they
are interested in reading. The articles are obtained from the
library and the nurses further refine their project. They meet
again with the nurse researcher and the nursing librarian to discuss
the research design and outcome measures.
Main Results: 19 units have thus far participated in this
project. A database containing information about the research
is being maintained which includes information such as the Unit,
Problem Identified, Outcomes Measured, Plan to Measure Outcomes,
and Date and Status of Progress. Ultimately, their research projects
will be made into posters and presented at the next National Nurses
Week celebration in the hospital.
Conclusion: Hospital nurses want to take advantage of opportunities
to improve patient care. Time devoted to nursing research is the
biggest obstacle. Because of the increased demands on their time,
a number of the projects have been stalled due to lack of staff
time to complete them. The hospital administration has committed
support to do research. Yet, as in every hospital, there is a
nursing shortage and patient care becomes the first priority and
research becomes a second priority. This project was initiated
because the authors believe that nurses' involvement in evidence-based
nursing may improve their job satisfaction, the quality of patient
care, and minimize staff burnout, all factors contributing to
the present nursing shortage.
Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP, is a Library Consultant, working for Cinahl Information Systems and the Northern and Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education Centers. She has 34 years experience as a Health Sciences Librarian and served as Editor of the International Nursing Index. She is an internationally recognized expert on nursing information access and is strongly committed to issues related to technology and nursing. In 1994, the Nursing and Allied Health Section of the Medical Library Association recognized her as Librarian of the Year. She has produced numerous publications and presentations for nurses and librarians across the country on finding information resources needed for clinical practice, education, and research. Ms. Allen represents MLA on ICIRN. She is co-chair of the NAHRS Task Force to Map the Literature of Nursing and chairs this symposium committee.
Sarah Jo Brown, RN, PhD, is the Director of Research for the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, and the principal and consultant for Practice-Research Integrations. In her NAON position, she help members review the science on topics of interest, help others conduct research studies, and contributes to education and grant-writing. She was the co-investigator of a study of a school-based intervention to increase teen's awareness of bone health and osteoporosis prevention. As a consultant, she conducts one-time and ongoing consultations with agencies striving to use research findings when designing care. She speaks at regional and national conferences on the topic of evidence-guided practice, conducting systematic reviews of scientific evidence, and organizational strategies for achieving evidence-based practice. Dr. Brown is the author of Knowledge for health care practice: A guide to using research evidence. Philadelphia: Saunders/Harcourt (1999).
Cynthia Burke, MLS, AHIP, is Assistant Professor & Librarian, School of Nursing, Hampton University, Hampton, VA. She was awarded an NLM Medical Informatics Fellowship in 2000. She serves on several School of Nursing committees related to accreditation, research, and publications. Previous positions include Audiovisual and Patient Education Librarian at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, OH, and NLM Associate at the National Library of Medicine.
Sarah L. Greenley, BA MSc, is an Information Specialist, Clinical Evidence, BMJ Publishing Group, London, United Kingdom. Her current responsibilities include developing and evaluating search strategies, literature searches for contributors and section editors, critical appraisal of search results, and data extraction and quality control. In her previous position as Learning Support Officer/Deputy Site Manager for City University, St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, she designed and implemented an integrated information skills element in the pre-registration nursing curriculum.
Ingrid C. Hendrix, M.I.L.S., is Nursing Librarian at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Library and Informatics Center, where she is responsible for implementing, fostering and supporting knowledge management using electronic technologies in the College of Nursing curriculum and with nurses at the University Hospital. She also serves as on the University Hospital Nursing Research Council. Her previous positions include Reference Librarian at the Emory University Health Science Center Library and Information Services Librarian/Clinical Services Coordinator at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Susan K. Jacobs, MLS, RN, Health Sciences Librarian, New York University/ Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University, serves as the liaison to the New York University School of Nursing. She has co-authored papers and presentations with nursing faculty, including "Health Care Informatics" in J. Creasia & J. Parker (Eds.), Conceptual foundations: The bridge to professional nursing practice, 3rd ed. 2001. She is also a member of the NAHRS Task Force to Map the Literature of Nursing, authoring a study and presenting the process at MLA in 2001.
Deborah L. Lauseng, A.M.L.S., Information Services Librarian at Taubman Medical Library at the University of Michigan, provides a variety of services to a large academic and clinical nursing population within both the University of Michigan School of Nursing and the University of Michigan Health System. Her activities include instructional support to nursing students - freshman through graduate level - and to clinical nurses; as well as providing reference and mediated searching for both the nursing and medical communities. In the past, she has been involved with outreach instruction to public health nurses in Michigan. In her present role as nursing librarian, she oversees the HealthWeb-Nursing section, handles book and journal selection in nursing topics, and maintains a local Nursing Guide web site. An additional 12 years of experience have been gained from working in an academic public health library, as well as a community hospital library.
June Levy, MLS, is Managing Director of Cinahl Information Systems and Director of Education for the Glendale Adventist Medical Center. She has authored books, book chapters, teaching aids, and journal articles related to searching the nursing and allied health literature. In addition to her responsibilities for managing the CINAHL database, she is in charge of the library and staff development for her hospital. Ms. Levy also serves as Editor of the NAHRS Newsletter, now published online. She also represents Cinahl Information Systems on ICIRN.
Michelynn McKnight, AHIP, is finishing her dissertation, "An Observational Investigation of Information Seeking and Use by Critical Care Nurses at Work in a Non-Teaching Community Hospital" for an Interdisciplinary Ph. D. in Information Science from the University of North Texas. She is the Director of the Health Sciences Library at Norman (Oklahoma) Regional Hospital where she has worked with nurses for twenty years. Her previous research includes a study of the interlibrary loan availability of nursing literature through OCLC and DOCLINE, and a review of research in the information seeking behavior of health care providers. She is a member of the Medical Library Association Board of Directors and the National Library of Medicine Biomedical Library and Informatics Review Committee.
Susan Pierce, RN, MSN, EdD, is Associate Professor at Northwestern State University College of Nursing in Shreveport, LA. She teaches a Research Seminar in lieu of thesis in the NSU MSN program, with a focus on directed research for evidence-based practice. She received her doctorate in Educational Technology from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA. Her dissertation study was "Readiness for Evidence-Based Practice: Information Literacy Needs of Nurses in a Southern U. S. State (Louisiana)." Dr. Pierce is Chair of the Research and Informatics Council for LA State Nurses Association and a member of ANA's Committee on Nursing Practice Information Infrastructure. In October 2000, she was named Distinguished Faculty Member to Louisiana Board of Regents by Northwestern State University. She has written articles and presented numerous programs on information access for contemporary nursing practice, including presentations at two Educational Summits sponsored by the National League for Nursing. Dr. Pierce represents the Louisiana State Nurses Association on ICIRN.
Diane Pravikoff, RN, PhD, FAAN, is Director of Research and Professional Liaison for Cinahl Information Systems in Glendale, CA . She has authored several book chapters and journal publications related to information resources for nursing. She was the driving force behind the development of Cinahl's new electronic journal for evidence-based nursing, The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations. One article published in a 2001 issue of AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care discusses the use of online journals for access and support for evidence-based practice. She recently surveyed Chief Nursing Officers in Louisiana and New York on their perception of nurses' ability and accessibility to electronically access information needed for practice. She was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2001. Dr. Pravikoff represents Cinahl Information Systems on ICIRN.
Janet Schnall, MS, AHIP, has worked at the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries & Information Center since 1972. As an Information Management Librarian, her current responsibilities include consultant to Information Desk; extensive bibliographic instruction experience with electronic resources, databases, navigating and evaluating resources on the web; maintaining the Reference Collection; performing database searches. She serves as Library Liaison to the University of Washington School of Nursing, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Ophthalmology, and Multicultural Affairs. She is also the current NAHRS Representative to MLA Section Council and a member of the Natinoal Program Committee.
Mari J. Stoddard, MLIS, Head of Educational Services at the Arizona Health Sciences Library at the University of Arizona, has presented more than twenty articles, papers, keynote speeches and workshops on personal digital assistants (PDAs.) Her audiences include the American Medical Informatics Association, the Medical and the American Library Associations, several medical schools and the Alliance for Innovation in Science and Technology Information. Her main interest is incorporating new technologies into patient care, research and teaching.
Annelle Tanner, RN, MSN, EdD, is Principal Investigator on research identifying barriers in access to primary health care in Louisiana for Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center. She recently received her doctorate in Educational Technology from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA. Her dissertation study was Readiness for Evidence-Based Practice: Information Literacy Needs of Nurses in a Southern U. S. State (Louisiana.). She is Vice President and Program Chair of the Nu Tau Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. She has presented programs for nursing and healthcare informatics groups in several states on nursing and technology, humor and stress, and malpractice stress among medical and nursing families. Dr. Tanner represents the Louisiana State Nurses Association on ICIRN.
Elizabeth
Wood, MSLS, is Director of the Lee Graff Library at City of
Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California. Previously
she held several positions at the University of Southern California
Norris Medical Library and was Head of Research & Reference
Services at Oregon Health & Science University. In 1999-2000
she was awarded a one-year Fellowship in Medical Informatics by
the National Library of Medicine. Elizabeth teaches CE for MLA
and has served on Section Council, Books Panel, Bulletin Editorial
Board, numerous committees at chapter and national level, and
as chair of the Public Services and Pharmacy & Drug Information
Sections. She has also been active in the Research Section. She
has contributed chapters to the Current Practice series and published
articles on reference work, online searching, teaching pharmacy
students, and informatics. She serves on the Advisory Board of
CINAHL Information Systems.
Symposium Program Committee
The Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section formed a program committee that includes representatives from ICIRN. Members include:
Margaret (Peg) Allen, Library Consultant;
Chair; NAHRS and MLA representative to ICIRN
Hope Barton, University of Iowa, NAHRS
Emily Hull, University of Washington, NAHRS
June Levy, Cinahl Information Systems; NAHRS & ICIRN
Jackie Picciano, MLA Fellow, retired; NAHRS & former ICIRN
representative
Susan Pierce, Northwestern State University - Shreveport; ICIRN
Diane Pravikoff, Cinahl Information Systems; ICIRN
Annelle Tanner, Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center;
ICIRN
Mary K. Taylor, Southern Illinois University, NAHRS Chair-elect
& 2003 Program planner
Dorice Vieira, New York University Medical Center; NAHRS CE Chair
Betty Warner, Thomas Jefferson University, NAHRS Chair
Kathleen Gaydos Combs, MLA CE LIaison
Kathel Dunn, MLA CE Committee Liaison
Special thanks to:
Ysabel Bertolucci, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, NAHRS & MLA
2003 Co-Chair