Workplace Learning and Information Practices of Newly Qualified Nurses in a Hospital

Hospitals are complex information environments, and new health care personnel have to learn how to handle many different information sources (Bonner ＆ Lloyd, 2011; Isah ＆ Byström, 2016; Lloyd, 2009). Every year hospitals are recruiting numerous new employees, predominantly nurses. Newly qualified nurses are expected to fully operate in a multi-professional environment, and to deal with different types of information to save patients’ lives. Thus, the transition from being a nursing student to a newly qualified nurse can be challenging and daunting (Edwards, Hawker, Carrier, ＆ Rees, 2015).