UW Bothell Nursing Information Literacy Program
For the BSN and MN Programs 2015-2016
What is Information Literacy?
Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, use and produce information.
The information literate student can:
 Define and articulate a need for information
 Locate, access and use information from a variety of sources
 Identify the basic principles of how information is produced, organized, communicated and accessed
 Critically evaluate information and its sources
 Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base
 Use and produce information, considering the economic, legal, ethical and social issues surrounding its access and use
The integration of information literacy into the curriculum directly supports the learning goals and outcomes of the Nursing degrees as well as specific course and assignment outcomes.
The role of the librarian in your teaching
We currently have 1.30 FTE subject librarians assigned to the Nursing Program, both of whom also have significant teaching responsibilities within UW Bothell’s First Year Program and at Cascadia College.
Based on this we recommend the following approach to sustainably integrating information literacy and library research instruction into the on- and off-site BSN and MN curricula:
1. Undergraduate Curriculum - Librarians partner with faculty to team teach hands-on information literacy workshops in these courses/areas:
We provide out-of-class workshops and work with them in the classroom. The goal of working with this group is to be able to facilitate their access to evidence-base practice research to improve their practice.
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BNURS 350: Critical Thinking in Nursing (Summer, Fall, and Winter) o Provide an introduction to searching and evaluating the types of articles you find in CINAHL with a Canvas module. Provide customized APA Style formats page for this course. o Provide an Interlibrary Loan Account Set-up homework assignment module in Canvas. The UW
Libraries does not subscribe to as many journals due to the economic downturn, and it is likely that the students will need to utilize this service during the program. o An example library web guide in support of this course is located online at http://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/bnurs350et
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BNURS 403: Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Inquiry (Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer) o Provide a Canvas module that includes an introduction to searching in PubMed and locating various article types. Introduction to the Cochrane Library database. Hands-on advanced searching in the databases and evaluating articles to find evidence-based practice (EBP) and other Senior-level research questions and methods. The EBP resources you have access to after you graduate. o Building on what was learned in the BNURS 350 course, advanced CINAHL searching for evidence-based practice materials.
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o An example library web guide in support of this course is located online at http://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/bnurs403
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Provide year round in support with library web guides for the o BNURS 407: Cultural and Social Issues in Health Care course: http://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/bnurs407 , o BNURS 409: Partnerships in Community Health course: http://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/bnurs409 , o Various BHS courses that are open to the whole campus to take as needed.
A limited number of hands-on workshops may be implemented in other courses, subject to review by the
NHS Librarian liaisons and the Library’s Head of Teaching and Learning. Our limited resources may not allow us to address all workshop requests, but we will do our best to honor additional requests when possible.
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Master of Nursing Graduate Curriculum – Librarians partner with faculty to team teach hands-on information literacy workshops in these courses/areas:
We work closely with the new Master of Nursing (MN) student cohorts in the first quarter. We provide out-of-class workshops and work with them in the classroom. In this two year program many second year students make appointments with us for consultations on their literature reviews for their advanced fieldwork and final projects. One of the many rewards in working with this group of change agents is seeing their research projects that speak to the positive impact they have in their workplace and community.
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BNURS 501: Contemporary Issues in Advanced Nursing Practice (Fall) o Introductory workshops include CINAHL, PubMed, locating the full text of articles, and
Interlibrary Loan. Use a variety of resources to investigate advanced nursing roles. o Provide an Interlibrary Loan Account Set-up homework assignment module in Canvas. The UW
Libraries does not subscribe to as many journals due to the economic downturn, and it is likely that the students will need to utilize this service during the program. o An example library web guide in support of this course is located online at http://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/bnurs501
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BNURS 520: Translational Research I: Healthcare Practice (Winter) o Building on what was learned in BNURS 501, library instruction supports the literature review assignment by focusing on advanced and discipline-specific resources and search methods, how to conduct a comprehensive literature search, and includes an introduction to the
RefWorks online personal citation database resource. o An example library web guide in support of this course is located online at http://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/bnurs520
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BNURS 521: Translational Research II: Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, and Evaluation Processes
(Spring) o Building on what has been learned in BNURS 501 and 520, advanced search instructions are provided in multiple databases to guide the students in investigating and locating research instruments/tools/surveys/interview guides/checklists on their individual topics in a hands-on workshop. o An example library web guide in support of this course is located online at http://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/bnurs521 , and the Finding Articles page has the specific instructions at http://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=345703&p=2330440
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BNURS 525: Healthcare Systems Leadership for Advanced Roles (Fall) o How to navigate the databases that contain leadership and management literature. o A web page evaluation exercise of leadership advice sites. o An example library web guide in support of this course is located online at http://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/bnurs525
A limited number of hands-on workshops may be implemented in other courses, subject to review by the NHS
Librarian liaisons and the Library’s Head of Teaching and Learning. Our limited resources may not allow us to address all workshop requests, but we will do our best to honor additional requests when possible.
3. The librarian as a consultant – “information literacy across the curriculum”
In addition to targeting strategic points in the curriculum for the integration of “core” nursing information literacy concepts and skills, we also propose that they be infused across the curriculum through assignments and assessments that build upon the work being done in the targeted courses.
As we have limited resources for hands-on classroom workshops, we may also be limited in our ability to meet with students individually. Based on this, we welcome the opportunity to meet with you as you design or revise courses and assignments.
The librarian is available to:
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Consult with you on assignment design and the availability of sources
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Co-create short homework activities that integrate research skills and course content
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Create course specific web-based research guides (with advance notice and feedback from you)
 Meet with you individually for training in using our research databases or other library resources
4. The Nursing Information Literacy Program will be reviewed regularly by faculty and librarians, and revised as needed.
5. Other Nursing faculty/librarian curricular collaborations include:
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Collection Development
 Affiliate faculty status
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Serving the distance cohorts including Everett and Seattle
Contact the Nursing librarians:
Julie Planchon Wolf – jspw@uw.edu
425-352-3452
Chelsea Nesvig – cnesvig@uw.edu
425-352-5346
Contact the library’s Head of Teaching & Learning:
Leslie Hurst – lhurst@uw.edu
For more information:
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See the Nursing Information Literacy Competency Standards located online at
425-352-3168
 http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/nursing
See the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education located online at http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework
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