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Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning, Association of College and Research Libraries says. Nurses face an enormous number of options when choosing how and from where to acquire information for their academic studies, clinical situations, and research. Nursing informatics combines all aspects of clinical practice, research, administration, and education. The ability to recognize the need for a specific kind of information and locate, evaluate, and use it will catapult nurses ahead of other healthcare professionals.
Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning, Association of College and Research Libraries says. Nurses face an enormous number of options when choosing how and from where to acquire information for their academic studies, clinical situations, and research. Nursing informatics combines all aspects of clinical practice, research, administration, and education. The ability to recognize the need for a specific kind of information and locate, evaluate, and use it will catapult nurses ahead of other healthcare professionals.
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Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning, Association of College and Research Libraries says. Nurses face an enormous number of options when choosing how and from where to acquire information for their academic studies, clinical situations, and research. Nursing informatics combines all aspects of clinical practice, research, administration, and education. The ability to recognize the need for a specific kind of information and locate, evaluate, and use it will catapult nurses ahead of other healthcare professionals.
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and Analysis Objectives Describe nursing research in relation to the Foundation of Knowledge model. Explore the acquisition of previous knowledge through Internet and library holdings. Assess informatics tools for collecting data and storage of information. Compare tools for processing and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data. Introduction: Nursing Research and the Foundation of Knowledge Model The Foundation of Knowledge Model suggests that most important in information discovery, retrieval, and delivery is the ability to acquire, process, generate and disseminate knowledge in ways that help those managing the knowledge re-evaluate and rethink the way they are understanding and utilizing what they know and have learned. Introduction: Nursing Research and the Foundation of Knowledge Model The sheer quantity of information will not by itself create a more informed citizenry without complementary abilities necessary to use this information effectively. Most significantly, information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning, forming a commonality to all learning environments, disciplines, and levels of education (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2000). Knowledge Generation Through Nursing Research Information literacy is an intellectual framework for finding, understanding, evaluating, and using information. Because nursing informatics combines all aspects of clinical practice, research, administration, and education, the ability to recognize the need for a specific kind of information and locate, evaluate, and use effectively use it within the nursing informatics paradigm will catapult nurses ahead of other healthcare professionals in applying and engaging various facets of technology. Acquiring previous knowledge through Internet/library holdings
In an environment of rapid technological
change coupled with an overwhelming proliferation of information sources, nurses face an enormous number of options when choosing how and from where to acquire information for their academic studies, clinical situations, and research. New Information Venues Professional online databases - A source of online information generally invisible to all Internet users except those with professional or academic affiliations, such as faculty, staff and students. Search Engines - Search engines allow users to surf the Web and find information on nearly anything. Electronic Library Catalogs - Nearly all higher education institutions have their library catalogs online. Informatics tools for collecting data and storage of information Nurses are already intimately familiar with data collection as daily agents of patient care documentation, patient monitoring, and interview data (Chang, 2001). Nurses may generate and record data from their own observations or with the assistance of various devices. Informatics tools for collecting data and storage of information Software designed to collect, sort, organize, store, retrieve, select and aggregate data are Database Management Systems (DBMS). Quantitative data collection tools or “instruments” include questionnaires, interviews, surveys, quizzes, assessments, e- mail interviews and Web-based surveys. Informatics tools for collecting data and storage of information An innovative electronic data collection is the system used by the participants in the Nightingale Tracker System pilot study in which nursing students traveling to rural clinical sites submitted information into handheld devices while miles away from their preceptor-supervisors. Tools for processing data and data analysis Data analysis is the process by which data collected during the course of a study is processed to identify trends and patterns of relationships. Descriptive statistics allows the researcher to organize information meaningfully. Tools for processing data and data analysis Quantitative data focuses on numbers and frequencies rather than experience and meaning. In quantitative studies, variables represented by data are collected in numerical form. Qualitative data (in contrast) is more concerned with describing meaning that in drawing statistical inferences. Tools for processing data and data analysis Some major types of qualitative data collection include in-depth interviews, direct observation, and written documents. Computers can aid greatly in the storage, tabulation and retrieval of qualitative data by acting as the equivalent of an electronic filing cabinet. Tools for processing data and data analysis Qualitative data analysis can also be aided by simple data management programs, such as Excel, in which a user can categorize data and link categories with key words. Quantitative data analysis includes statistical analysis in which samples and populations are compared, in order to discern whether the sample is biased or reflective of a true situation. Another aspect of analysis includes seeking relationships between variable and events.