A grounded theory model of on‐duty critical care nurses' information behavior

Purpose Critical care nurses' work is rich in informative interactions. Although there have been post‐hoc self report studies of nurses' information seeking, there have been no observational studies of the patterns of their on‐duty information behavior. This paper seeks to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach This study used participant observation and in context interviews to describe 50 hours of the observable information behavior...