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Gardner, Carrie Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Errors during the course of clinical practice are common and can lead to adverse events in hospitalized patients. Insufficient information and lack of clinician knowledge can serve as major contributing factors to the incidence of errors that occur during patient care. Nurses at the bedside need immediate access to patient specific information, at…
Descriptors: Nurses, Information Needs, Information Seeking, Medical Services
Painter, David Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
There are two distinct purposes to this investigation: to develop the predictive power of the theory of political information efficacy and to determine how exposure to political information formats on the Internet under distinctly different interactive conditions affects cognitive and affective processes. Examined in the first section of this…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Internet, Information Utilization, Politics
Angchun, Peemasak – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study assessed students' satisfaction with Ramkhamhaeng University regional library services (RURLs) and the perceived quality of information retrieved from other information sources. In particular, this study investigated factors relating to regional students' selection of information sources to meet their information needs. The researcher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Satisfaction, Library Services
Goble, Lisbeth J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Choosing a college is one of the first important decisions that many young adults undertake. Popular media suggests how students should find an appropriate college based on traditional practices (Hallet, 2008; Kulman, 2007), yet, many aspects of the reality experienced by new kinds of students and colleges is largely ignored in the college choice…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, College Choice, Academic Persistence, Information Sources
Karras, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Little is known about how Deaf people perceive, access, and utilize interpersonal and media sources for health information. In light of the scarcity of research on health information management among this group, a two-phase study was conducted that included eight focus groups (N=39) and survey data (N=366) with Deaf participants to determine the…
Descriptors: Deafness, Information Management, Information Sources, Health Education