TY - JOUR
T1 - Senior student nurses information seeking skills: a comparative study
AU - Roberts, J D
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - Information seeking is one of the key skills in the problem-solving process. This paper explores and compares the information seeking skills of senior student nurses (n = 253) from three pre-registration nurse education programmes: Registered General Nurse (RGN); diploma Registered Nurse (Diploma RN); and integrated degree. Skills were explored using a paper and pencil simulation exercise. Study findings revealed both similarities and differences between the groups. Few students displayed a holistic approach when acquiring information and the rationale for information requests was cited infrequently. The integrated degree programme participants displayed a more systematic approach to information acquisition, while more RGN programme participants referred to the use of a model. The most favoured model to aid data acquisition was Roper et al.'s [The Elements of Nursing, third ed., Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1996] Activities of Living Model. The study findings are discussed in the wider context of professional education and practice and the potential for further development of information seeking skills on pre-registration nurse education programmes is noted. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - Information seeking is one of the key skills in the problem-solving process. This paper explores and compares the information seeking skills of senior student nurses (n = 253) from three pre-registration nurse education programmes: Registered General Nurse (RGN); diploma Registered Nurse (Diploma RN); and integrated degree. Skills were explored using a paper and pencil simulation exercise. Study findings revealed both similarities and differences between the groups. Few students displayed a holistic approach when acquiring information and the rationale for information requests was cited infrequently. The integrated degree programme participants displayed a more systematic approach to information acquisition, while more RGN programme participants referred to the use of a model. The most favoured model to aid data acquisition was Roper et al.'s [The Elements of Nursing, third ed., Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, 1996] Activities of Living Model. The study findings are discussed in the wider context of professional education and practice and the potential for further development of information seeking skills on pre-registration nurse education programmes is noted. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2003.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2003.12.001
M3 - Article
VL - 24
SP - 211
EP - 218
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
IS - 3
ER -