Inspire. Lead. Engage. Information Literacy in the clinical learning environment of new graduate nurses Olive Wahoush & Laura Banfield November 2010 Funded by: Nursing Education Research Unit McMaster University

Inspire. Lead. Engage. Research Team  I NVESTIGATORS  Principal Investigator: Dr Olive Wahoush  Co-Principal Investigator: Laura Banfield  4L02 students x 6 –Developed survey questions –Piloted questions and revised them for final copy –Assisted in implementing phase 1

Inspire. Lead. Engage. Study Design Two phase study  Phase 1 – a test with undergraduate students  Phase 2 – a survey of new RNs in their clinical settings Data Collection  Survey methods & focus groups

Inspire. Lead. Engage. Research Objective Phase 1  Research Objectives: To understand undergraduate nurses perceptions of the available sources and resources in their Level 4 clinical placement settings through the McMaster site of the collaborative program.  Primary Research Question: What information sources and resources are available in clinical areas hosting Level 4 students from the McMaster Undergraduate Nursing Program?

Inspire. Lead. Engage. Rationale/Relevance  Registered nurses are expected to engage in Evidence-Based Practice, –this requires that nurses can locate and appraise current information and make informed decisions as they plan care with and for their patients (College of Nurses of Ontario 2007).  Little is known about newly graduated RNs - their access to and use of quality information sources and resources to support their Evidence Based Practice.  Results from this study will begin to answer this information gap and may inform our curriculum

Inspire. Lead. Engage. Methods  One time on-line survey, –LimeSurvey as McMaster University is already has a subscription –& this survey tool and it provides greater security controls than Survey Monkey.  Duration of Research Project –Start Date: May 3 rd 2010 –End Date: March 31st 2011  Data Collection Period –Start Date: September 3 rd 2010 –End Date: January 31 st 2011

Inspire. Lead. Engage. Current status  Survey distributed to all level 4 undergraduate BScN students McMaster site (October 2010)  To date responses from 37 students (n=199) –16 different organizations –1 st reminder will be sent this week –2 nd reminder Nov 22 nd and shut down by Nov 30 th

Inspire. Lead. Engage. Next Steps Data Analysis using LimeSurvey and Excel for descriptive statistics Identify potential key informants to survey about available resources in Phase 2 (e.g. hospital librarans)  Identify Clinical settings for Phase 2  Presentation of findings to the Ontario Librarians Association Superconference Feb 3 rd 2011 in Toronto

Inspire. Lead. Engage. Acknowledgements  NERU for funding  UNEC for their suggested revisions, support and approval  4L02 students for their interest and commitment to the development and implementation of this project