The information needs of the nursing professional

Abstract

The Revista de Enfermería del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social offers not only the opportunity to be updated to meet the needs of everyday practice, it also keeps the trade of nursing current on institutional, national and international levels. 

In a globalized world, the continuing influence of political, social, economic and technological stimuli should not be left aside. Under such circumstances, the information needs for health professionals and especially for nurses require greater diversity of information in areas of research, information technology and communications, distance learning, health management, hospital certification, quality standards focused on patient safety and management, reports on practical and successful applications of the international patient safety goals and the VENCER II system, and the improvement and clinical results on wounds, ostomy, catheters and breast cancer.