Survey of information needs and its influencing factors in nursing administrators

Abstract

Objective To understand the current situation and influencing factor of information needs in nursing administrators , so as to seek the effective methods and ways to meet their needs and improve their information ability .Methods Sixty-eight nursing administrators were surveyed by the self -designed questionnaire about the demographic data , the contents, the ways and barriers of information needs and so on .Results The percent of nursing administrators who often participated in the training of management related knowledge and information retrieval were respectively 23.5% and 1.5%.The information needs in daily work is mainly the business management （38.3%） and professional knowledge and skills （36.8%）.The contents of information needs in nursing administrators were mainly the nursing quality management （42.6%）, final cost management （23.5%） and management psychology （22.1%）.The analysis of the location of searching the information showed that the cases of nurses who searched the information in the library , department , home and internet bar were respectively 58 （85.3%）,3 （4.4%）,27 （39.7%）,2 （2.9%）.The main obstacles to search the information were respectively the poor level of computer （3,4.4%）, the poor level of English （44,64.7%）, the lack of time （32,47.1%） and the lack of retrieval knowledge （28,41.2%）.Conclusions The information needs in nursing administrators is mainly the information of increasing the quality of nursing management , and the main factors on affecting the needs were the level of English and the knowledge of literature retrieval .The management departments should strengthen the training of nursing administrators , and the library should play its functions to meet the needs of nursing administrators . Key words: Nursing administrator; Information needs; Information ability; Influencing factors