scholarly journals Relationships among Information Resources Use, Problem Solving Ability, Nursing Information Literacy Competency in General Hospital Nurses

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeong-Mi Ha ◽  
Jeong-Eui Cho ◽  
Seung-Kyoung Yang
2021 ◽  
pp. 203-216
Author(s):  
Foong Mae Chan

Today's students are surrounded by more information coming from more sources than ever before. In order to deal with the vast amount of information they will encounter in school, life, and work, they must develop skills not required of previous generations. Since schools cannot teach all that students need to know, a better way is to teach them to manage the information resources. Although schools should still identify the basic information that students need to know, schools must also teach "information literacy", that is, the ability to find, interpret, use, and communicate information from a variety of sources. Resource-based learning is a tool to help students handle information. It is based on the belief that students learn best by interacting directly with learning resources instead of just listening to classroom lectures. The learning is in line with the Malaysian Smart School Concept in that it is more self-directed, self-paced, and self-accessed, and hopefully, more meaningful. Since the skills of information literacy cannot be taught in a content vacuum, resource-based learning integrates the classroom and the school resource centre or the school library. Students go through a problem-solving process that requires them to define the need for information, determine a search strategy, locate the needed resources, assess and understand the information they find, interpret the information, communicate the information, and finally, evaluate their conclusions in view of the original problem.


BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Young Kim ◽  
Kyoung Ja Moon

Abstract Background The present study aims to investigate the relationship between patient safety culture and the prevention of transmitting bloodborne pathogens among nurses at a general hospital. Methods The participants were 284 nurses working at a general hospital located in a city, and the data were collected between April 26 and May 15, 2019. Questionnaires on patient safety culture and the prevention of bloodborne pathogens were used, and SPSS version 22.0 was used for descriptive and hierarchical regression analysis. Results The results showed that the following factors affected the prevention of bloodborne pathogens: experience with needle stick and sharps injuries (β = − 0.94), teamwork (β = 0.41), knowledge and attitude toward patient safety (β = 0.34), leadership (β = 0.15), and priority of patient safety (β = 0.14). The model’s explanatory power was 53% (F = 32.26, p =< 0.001). Conclusions To increase the compliance of general hospital nurses with practices that promote the prevention of bloodborne pathogens, it is necessary to actively prevent needle sticks and sharps injuries. It is also necessary to prioritize patient safety and to develop and verify the effects of various programs that emphasize factors of patient safety culture, such as leadership, teamwork, knowledge, and attitude.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-240
Author(s):  
Su-Jung Kim ◽  
Myun-Sook Jung ◽  
Eun-Ju Heo

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