Creating and Implementing a Nursing Information Literacy Program at TRCC NELIG Annual Meeting, June Linda Perfetto MS, APRN, BC - Interim Director, Nursing/AH Lillian Rafeldt MA, RN– Assistant Professor of Nursing Judith Snayd MSN, RN - Professor of Nursing Mary Browning MA, RN – Professor of Nursing Mona Florea MLS – Reference/Instruction Librarian

TRCC Associate Degree in Nursing Program  Prepares students to enter the profession as Registered Nurses  Curriculum is built on pertinent social and biological sciences  Core nursing courses include classroom, college laboratory, and clinical laboratory experiences

Nursing - Associate in Science Degree Program Outcomes The program prepares students to become:  Providers of care  Managers of care  Members within the discipline of Nursing

TRCC Nursing Student Population Characteristics:  Age range from 19 to 52 (average being 31)  Many have contact with information technology for the first time  Most have multiple life responsibilities  Need to be reoriented to academia and current research methods

Nursing Information Literacy Program Goals  Know core print and online nursing information resources and their organization  Construct information search strategies and select effective search methods and techniques  Evaluate information quality  Use information ethically, efficiently, and responsibly

Nursing Information Literacy Program Components  Information literacy activities  Nursing Information Gateway  Information competencies

Nursing Information Literacy Activities  Physical Library tour  Online Library tour  Health and medical-related online databases search demonstrations

Nursing 108, 115, and 116 Nursing Information Gateway  Print nursing information resources  Online nursing information resources  Research guides  Citation style guides

Nursing 108, 115, and 116 Information Competencies Identify the organization of physical and online Library collections  Use Library services such as reference, instruction, research support, and interlibrary loan  Articulate information needs and locate local and remote information resources

Nursing 108, 115, and 116 Information Competencies (continuation)  Construct effective search strategies and use search methods such as subject, title, author, keyword, and Boolean operators  Evaluate information by using specific criteria: accuracy, authority, currency, and comprehensiveness  Use information ethically, efficiently, and responsibly

Nursing 108 Program Evaluation Student evaluation of Library activities 53% 47% Very satisfied Satisfied

Nursing 108 Program Evaluation Student perception: “The Nursing Information Gateway helped me complete my assignments” 95% 5% Agree Undecided

Nursing 108 Program Evaluation Information competencies: Library assignment grades

Nursing 115 Program Evaluation Student evaluation of Library activities 49% 44% 7% Very satisfied Satisfied Undecided

Nursing 116 Program Evaluation Student perception: “The Nursing Information Gateway helped me complete my assignments” 82% 9% Agree Undecided Disagree

Nursing 116 Program Evaluation Information competencies: Patient case studies grades

Ideas for the future  Create library assignment for Nursing 115  Continue develop resources during academic school year with this cohort  Student support and retention  Foster lifelong learning  Promote student individual appointments with the librarian  Establish a library support component for Web/CT nursing courses (i.e., virtual office hours and online live reference)

References  Association of College and Research Libraries. (2000). Information literacy competency standards for higher education. Chicago, IL: Author.  Grassing, E. S. & Kaplowitz, J. R. (2001). Information literacy instruction: Theory and practice.New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.  MacDonald, M. C., Rathemacher, A. J. & Burkhardt, J. M. (2000). Challenges in building an incremental, multi-year information literacy plan. Reference Services Review, 28(3),  Wallace, M. C., Shorten, A., Crookes, P. A., McGurk, C., & Brewer, C. (1999). Integrating Information literacies into an undergraduate nursing programme. Nurse Education Today, 19,  Fox, L. M., Richter, J. M., & White, N. E. (1996). A multidimensional evaluation of a nursing information-literacy program. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 84(2),

Contact Information and URL Linda Perfetto (Interim Director of Nursing): Lillian Rafeldt (Associate Professor of Nursing): Mona Florea (Reference/Instruction Librarian): TRCC Nursing Information Gateway: Library TRCC: 2.htm 2.htm TRCC Nursing web site: rces%20(areas).htm rces%20(areas).htm Linda Perfetto (Interim Director of Nursing): Lillian Rafeldt (Associate Professor of Nursing): Mona Florea (Reference/Instruction Librarian):