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ABSTRACT
Registered nurses form the largest group of professional healthcare providers in any Nigerian teaching hospital. Despite their population size in clinical care, lesser attention has been paid to their library and information needs in medical librarianship literature, compared to extensive research works targeted at satisfying the information needs of physicians and medical students. This study aimed to determine the reading habits, extent of usage of the library and information resources by the clinical nurses, and their compliance level for ICT application in accessing relevant and up-to-date healthcare information in evidence-based practice. A major finding from the study is that a large number of clinical nurses seldom use the library's printed or/and electronic resources. They neither explore biomedical databases nor visit health-related links/Websites for relevant, updated knowledge except for personal needs and research. The study implicates the essence of resourcefulness of the health librarian in effectively meeting the clinical information needs of the nurses at the teaching hospital library at University College Hospital.
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7. University College Hospital. Hand Diary; 2003