Nick Jan M
School of Nursing, Saniku Gakuin College, Japan.
Online J Issues Nurs. 2011 Nov 23;17(1):8.
The advent of Open Access (OA) has changed the landscape of accessing digital information globally. OA offers valuable free, full-text, online resources for all health-related professionals, regardless of the practice setting. Because much scholarly information may now be accessed without charge, nurses worldwide can reach a higher level of information competency-a prime requirement for evidence-based practice. This article provides a brief account of the OA movement, introduces new terminology, discusses various publishing models, and elucidates issues surrounding the choice to publish in OA journals. Many stakeholders derive benefits from Open Access. Nursing must take action to participate in and promote the OA movement in order to derive the maximum gain for our science.
开放获取（OA）的出现改变了全球获取数字信息的格局。OA为所有与健康相关的专业人员提供了宝贵的免费全文在线资源，无论其执业环境如何。由于现在许多学术信息都可以免费获取，全球的护士能够达到更高水平的信息能力，这是循证实践的一项基本要求。本文简要介绍了OA运动，引入了新术语，讨论了各种出版模式，并阐明了在OA期刊上发表文章的选择所涉及的问题。许多利益相关者都从开放获取中受益。护理领域必须采取行动参与并推动OA运动，以便为我们的学科获取最大收益。
