Open AccessIdentifying nurse managers' essential information needs in daily unit operation in perioperative settings
Author(s) -
Siirala Eriikka,
Salanterä Sanna,
LundgrénLaine Heljä,
Peltonen LauraMaria,
Engblom Janne,
Junttila Kristiina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.454
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , unit (ring theory) , content validity , information needs , nursing , perioperative , consistency (knowledge bases) , process (computing) , perioperative nursing , medicine , psychology , knowledge management , medical education , computer science , psychometrics , anesthesia , clinical psychology , operating system , mathematics education , artificial intelligence , world wide web
Aim To identify nurse managers' essential information needs in daily unit operation in perioperative settings. Design Qualitative and quantitative descriptive design. Methods The study consisted of (I) generation of an item pool of potential information needs, (II) assessment of the item pool by an expert panel and (III) confirming the essential information needs of nurse managers in daily unit operation with a survey ( N = 288). Content validity index values were calculated for the assessments by expert panel and in the survey. Internal consistency of the final item pool was explored with Cronbach's alpha. The data were collected from 2011–2015. Results During the study process, the number of essential information needs decreased from 92–41. The final item pool consisted of 12 subthemes, and they were categorized into four main themes: patient's care process, surgical procedure, human resources and tangible resources. The findings can be used to create a knowledge map for information system purposes.