Staff Nurses: A User Profile

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Staff Nurses A User Profile

• Celia Burnett Sue Jennings
• 20th February 2008

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Profile

• Community Nurse
• District Nurse
• Practice Nurse
• Staff Nurse

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Information Need

• Service Improvement
• Improved Patient Care
• Patient Information
• Current Awareness
• CPD Continuing Professional Development
• KSF Knowledge Skills Framework

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ICT - Competencies

• Confidence and Attitude
• Experience, Age, Length of service
• Need for Training in ICT Skills
• Patient care
• Continuing professional development
• Electronic Patient Record (EPR)
• Communication - email, reports, record keeping,
  correspondence
• Barriers
• Training
• Availability of computers
• Time

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Frames of Information Literacy

• Competency Frame
• IL as a set of skills and competencies
• Application of knowledge and skills to support
  professional development
• Learning to Learn Frame
• IL as a way of learning
• Accessing, evaluating and using information for
  clinical problem solving.

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Developing Information Literacy

• Information Literacy Competencies
• Basic computing skills
• Basic searching skills
• Awareness of quality resources
• Ability to evaluate information and resources
• Schedule
• Create a training programme for all abilities
• Link training with KSF- Key Skills Framework
• Develop an on-going programme of training
• Certificates for all staff completing the
  training

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Assessing Information Literacy

• Paper-Based Diagnostic Tool
• To determine ICT competencies
• Human Communication
• Small groups within nursing team
• Matrons, Sisters, Administrators
• At induction training

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What the Nurses Say ..

• The training has helped unravel the mystery of
  where to find good quality information for
  improving my working practice.
• Before I started the course I couldnt even use
  the mouse! Now I can search journals and find the
  evidence
• I dont feel frightened of using the computer to
  find information, now I want to learn more.

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Conclusion

• To be information literate, a person must be able
  to recognize when information is needed and have
  the ability to locate, evaluate, and use
  effectively the needed information.
• American Library Association

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References

• Bruce, C., Edwards, S., Lupton, M. (2006). Six
  frames for information literacy education.
  Italics, Vol.5 (1), 1-5
• Cheek, J., Doskatsch, I. (1998) Information
  literacy A resources for nurses as lifelong
  learners. Nurse Education Today, 18, 243-250
• Craig, A. (2007) Making a difference? Measuring
  the impact of an information literacy programme
  for pre-registration nursing students in the UK.
  Health Information and Libraries Journal, Vol.24
  118-127
• Crow, J. (2005) Planning your study information
  sources, reading and note-taking. Practice Nurse,
  Vol.29 (12), 54-58

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References

• RCN (2005) The information needs of nurses
  Summary report of an RCN survey
• http//www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010
  /78670/002780.pdf , Accessed 15th February 2008
• RCN (2007) Information for nursing students
  Outlining the Knowledge and Skills Framework
• Shorten, A. et al. (2001) Developing information
  literacy A key to evidence-based nursing.
  International Nursing Review, 48. 86-92
• UCL (2008) Information behaviour of the
  researcher of the future A ciber briefing paper