Biomaterial Database

Electronic access to scientific nursing knowledge: the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library. 2001

J R Graves

Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library, Sigma Theta Tau International, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

OBJECTIVE To inform oncology nurses about the electronic knowledge resources offered by the Sigma Theta Tau International Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library. METHODS Published articles and research studies. CONCLUSIONS Clinical nursing research dissemination has been seriously affected by publication bias. The Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library has introduced both a new publishing paradigm for research and a new knowledge indexing strategy for improving electronic access to research knowledge (findings). CONCLUSIONS The ability of oncology nursing to evolve, as an evidence-based practice, is largely dependent on access to research findings.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007994	Libraries, Nursing	Collections of information resources relevant to NURSING.	Nursing Libraries,Library, Nursing,Nursing Library
D009859	Oncology Nursing	A nursing specialty concerned with the care provided to cancer patients. It includes aspects of family functioning through education of both patient and family.	Nursing, Oncologic,Oncologic Nursing,Cancer Nursing,Oncological Nursing,Nursing, Cancer,Nursing, Oncological,Nursing, Oncology
D011643	Publishing	"The business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature" (Webster's 3d). It includes the publisher, publication processes, editing and editors. Production may be by conventional printing methods or by electronic publishing.	Electronic Publishing,Publishing, Electronic,Electronic Publishings,Publishings, Electronic
D003200	Computer User Training	Process of teaching a person to interact and communicate with a computer.	Computer User Trainings,Training, Computer User,Trainings, Computer User,User Training, Computer,User Trainings, Computer
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000043	Abstracting and Indexing	Works about activities performed to identify concepts and aspects of published information and research reports.	Abstracting and Indexing as Topic,Abstracting as Topic,Indexes as Topic,Indexing as Topic,Abstracting,Indexing,Indexing and Abstracting,Indexing and Abstracting as Topic
D015399	Nursing Research	Research carried out by nurses, generally in clinical settings, in the areas of clinical practice, evaluation, nursing education, nursing administration, and methodology.	Research, Nursing
D016208	Databases, Factual	Extensive collections, reputedly complete, of facts and data garnered from material of a specialized subject area and made available for analysis and application. The collection can be automated by various contemporary methods for retrieval. The concept should be differentiated from DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC which is restricted to collections of bibliographic references.	Databanks, Factual,Data Banks, Factual,Data Bases, Factual,Data Bank, Factual,Data Base, Factual,Databank, Factual,Database, Factual,Factual Data Bank,Factual Data Banks,Factual Data Base,Factual Data Bases,Factual Databank,Factual Databanks,Factual Database,Factual Databases
D016247	Information Storage and Retrieval	Organized activities related to the storage, location, search, and retrieval of information.	Information Retrieval,Data Files,Data Linkage,Data Retrieval,Data Storage,Data Storage and Retrieval,Information Extraction,Information Storage,Machine-Readable Data Files,Data File,Data File, Machine-Readable,Data Files, Machine-Readable,Extraction, Information,Files, Machine-Readable Data,Information Extractions,Machine Readable Data Files,Machine-Readable Data File,Retrieval, Data,Storage, Data
D019317	Evidence-Based Medicine	An approach of practicing medicine with the goal to improve and evaluate patient care. It requires the judicious integration of best research evidence with the patient's values to make decisions about medical care. This method is to help physicians make proper diagnosis, devise best testing plan, choose best treatment and methods of disease prevention, as well as develop guidelines for large groups of patients with the same disease. (from JAMA 296 (9), 2006)	Medicine, Evidence-Based,Evidence Based Medicine,Medicine, Evidence Based