Question

The importance of information literacy for nurses in the workplace.

Answer 1

Ans) Information literacy:

- The ability to identify information needed for a specific purpose, locate pertinent information, evaluate the information, and apply it correctly.

* Importance of information literacy for nurses in the workplace:

- Persons who are not information literate usually ask the wrong question, accessing bias or outdated websites that aren't credible, and are disorganized.

- Information literacy is the skills needed to create,organize, access and evaluate information effectively.

- Information literacy enables the nurses to:

• Recognize the accurate and complete information as the basis for intelligent decision making.
• Recognize the exact need for information.
• Formulate the questions based on Information needs.
• Identify of potential information source.
• Develop appropriate search strategy.
• Assess the information sources using technology.
• Evaluate information.
• Organize the information for practical application.
• Integrate new information into the existing fabric of knowledge.
• Use of information in critical thinking & problem solving.