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Module 3: Information Competency

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Overview

How is it that we know something—I mean really know it? This module focuses on knowing. Hopefully you will learn how to use computerized information to help you know better nursing practices.

Objectives

After this module, you will be able to:

• Access health and nursing information from electronic sources, both wired and mobile.
• Evaluate information found on the Internet.
• Explore a myriad of ways to use information from small, mobile devices to improve patient safety and quality of care.
• Describe the components and carry out the documentation of a Nurse Note.
• Use Chief Complaints.
• Carry out the documentation of Vital Signs and Physical Assessment.

Assignments

Perform the following tasks as instructed: (NOTE: Address any questions or concerns regarding this module to the HELP WANTED forum on the Discussion Board.)

The assignments should be created using Word or a compatible Word processor, and the format should include 1" margins and Times New Roman, 12-point font. You will be instructed when and how to save and upload each assignment.

Assignment 1: Surfing the Web (Individual Assignment 20 pts)

1. Read chapters 11-13 in the course textbook, Thede & Sewell.
2. View the audio PowerPoint lecture on Information Competency [19:05]. For your note-taking purposes, you may download the PowerPoint presentation or print version files.
3. You learned in Module 2 how to search library databases to locate information. Now, you will search the Internet. Access the Internet.
   1. In the browser search engine, type “diabetes.” How many sites were generated?
   2. Now, revise the search to “diabetes AND adults.” How many sites were generated?
   3. Refine further to “diabetes AND adults NOT pharmacology.” How many sites were generated?
   4. From the results generated, locate one site that is available electronically and is not a journal article. Explore the site and evaluate it by answering the questions on the M3A1 handout, which was generated from Table 11-1, p. 192 of your textbook.
   5. Save your completed copy of the handout as “lastname_firstname_M3a1” and upload it as an attachment to the M3A1 drop box in the Assignments drop box.
4. For the Module 3 Assessment, you will have 5 assessment questions that address the content in this assignment.

Assignment 2: Evidence for Practice (Individual Assignment 10 pts)

1. Open the M3A2 handout to perform the following tasks:
   1. Select one of the web sites created for the purpose of promoting evidence-based practice during your Internet search in M3A1.
   2. Search that web site for information on diabetes.
   3. Identify three things that would be helpful in conducting patient teaching to a patient with diabetes.
   4. Using the levels of evidence on p. 211, which level of evidence is provided by this site?
   5. Summarize the information, the level of evidence and your rationale, and the source with the URL address linked.
2. Save your report as "lastname_firstname_m3a2" and upload it as an attachment to the M3A2 link in the Assignments drop box.

Assignment 3: Mobile Devices

1. Case: JT is a new admission on your assigned clinical unit. He is a 48-year-old, large-framed white male who has been newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 304 lbs. He has no other health problems. He is prescribed the medication Glipizide.
2. Task: Locate the software on your iPod touch that gives you the information about diabetes mellitus, ideal body weights, conversions to kilograms, medications, and lab values. You will have questions on the Module 3 Assessment based on this scenario that can be answered from your iPod touch.

Assignment 4: Reference Management (Individual Assignment 10 pts)

You have searched the CINAHL database. Now that you have had a bit more practice, you will expand your searching capabilities to other databases.

1. Thede and Sewell briefly describe the use of personal reference manager software. The University of Alabama has used EndNote in the past but currently uses and supports RefWorks. RefWorks is an online bibliographic database that allows users to collect and manage citations to use in personal research and in collaboration. Refworks helps you generate reference lists and format them according to APA format (or other formats if needed). RefWorks can be used to gain information about citing sources and creating bibliographies. To learn more, visit the following RefWorks links. You will be writing many papers during your student career at UA. Therefore, these tools can serve you well.
   1. RefWorks Tutorial
   2. RefWorks vendor's link
   3. RefWorks UA
   4. Create a RefWorks account for yourself. As you complete the next step of this assignment, save one article from 3 nursing databases to your RefWorks account.
   5. Create a screen shot of your work using the instructions for screen shots in Module 1. Save in a Word document.
   6. Following your screenshots (using the same Word document), save your RefWorks bibliography in APA format (include the name of the database used at the end of each citation) as "lastname_firstname_m3a4," and upload it as an attachment to theM3A4 link in the Assignments drop box.

Assignment 5: Nurse Note Documentation-Level 1 (Individual Assignment 10 pts)

1. Read Chapter 4 in your Hamilton course textbook. For your notes you may download the PowerPoint presentation files. Hamilton Ch 4 PPT
2. Note that the SpringCharts exercises within the Hamilton book build upon one another. To complete the SpringCharts exercise for credit in this module, you must have completed the Ch 3 exercises, even if they were not assigned for credit.
3. Note that to submit this assignment electronically you need to know how to create .pdf files. If you have access to Adobe Acrobat or another .pdf writer select it rather than your printer and save the attachment to your NUR 309 folder. If you do not have access to those, follow the instructions in the preface of the Hamilton textbook: Submitting Assignments Electronically page xxvii. You will save and upload the assignment to the drop box rather than send it by e-mail.
4. Throughout this learning module and in your pathophysiology course you have learned about diabetes. Now you will use SpringCharts to document findings on a diabetic patient in Exercise 4.1 in your Hamilton textbook titled "Diabetes". (You should have created this patient previously in Exercise 3.2).
5. Once you have entered all the information in Exercise 4.1, go to File and then Print Chart, but select NO when it asks to print the entire chart. In the print partial chart menu select all the options and print. From there you will create a .pdf file, save it as "lastname_firstname_M3A5", and upload it as an attachment to the M3A5 drop box. Diabetes SpringChart Example
6. Remember that assignments build upon each other, so complete ALL the exercises in the assigned chapters even if they are not for credit.

Assignment 6: Module 3 Assessment (50 pts)

1. Access the Assessments link to complete the Module 3 Assessment.

Upon the completion of Module 3, proceed to Module 4.