Mar 29, 2024  
BC3 Academic Catalog: 2013-2014 
    
BC3 Academic Catalog: 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NURS 136 - Health Information Literacy for Evidence Based Practice


1 credits (1 lecture)
This course introduces students to the process of evidence-based practice in nursing. The emphasis will be on the first two steps of the process: formulating clinical questions and finding the evidence. Participants will use information retrieval techniques to locate evidence in the medical literature. Using online medical databases and Internet resources, they will learn how to access, appraise and integrate information into the practice of health care.