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Table 2 Ranking of sources of evidence used for supporting clinical practice according to mean score

From: Factors influencing the development of evidence-based practice among nurses: a self-report survey

Rank

Item1

Mean score (SD)

1

Information that I learn about each patient as an individual

4.35 (0.8)

2

My personal experience of caring for patients over time

4.09 (0.7)

3

Information I get from local policy and protocols

4.07 (0.7)

4

Information senior clinical nurses share, e.g. clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners

3.92 (0.6)

5

What doctors discuss with me

3.86 (0.6)

6

Information I learned in my training

3.79 (0.8)

7

Information my fellow practitioners share

3.78 (0.5)

8

New treatments and medications that I learned about when doctors prescribe them for patients

3.72 (0.8)

9

Information I get from attending in-service training/conferences

3.65 (0.8)

10

Information I get from national policy initiatives/guidelines

3.53 (0.9)

11

Information I get from product literature

3.51 (0.9)

12

Information in textbooks

3.33 (0.8)

13

What has worked for me for years

3.26 (0.8)

14

Information I get from local audit reports

3.16 (1.0)

15

My intuitions about what seems to be “right” for the patient

3.16 (0.9)

16

Information I get from the Internet

3.01 (0.9)

17

The ways that I have always done it

2.98 (0.8)

18

Articles published in nursing journals

2.65 (0.8)

19

Articles published in medical journals

2.60 (0.8)

20

Medications and treatments I gain from pharmaceutical or equipment company representatives

2.56 (1.0)

21

Articles published in research journals

2.42 (0.8)

22

Information I get from the media (e.g. magazines,TV)

1.98 (0.8)

  1. Note: SD, standard deviation.
  2. 1Each item is scored as follows: 1 = never; 2 = seldom; 3 = sometimes; 4 = frequently; 5 = Always.