Introduction: This article presents the impact of a journal club on expert nurses working in a hospital.
Aim: This study describes the input of a journal club and the difficulties encountered by experienced nurses in pain management and palliative care.
Method: Seven nurses participated in a written survey containing two questions about contributions and difficulties pertaining to their participation to a journal clubs. A qualitative inductive content analysis was used to organize and condense the collected data.
Findings: 127 meaning units were identified. The contributions were grouped in six categories: knowledge, discussion, professional assertiveness, reflection, theory-practice link and positive impulse. The difficulties were grouped in three categories: missing scientific knowledge, emotional impact and organization. Trusting and respectful interaction with peers promoted the integration of scientific knowledge. The results suggest that journal clubs' have an impact on nurses' professional assertiveness and are incentive to read scientific articles.
Conclusion: Journal clubs are an interesting mean to initiate experienced nurses to read and critically appraise scientific articles.
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