How three rivers community college launched its photonics program

Using an Information Literacy Program to Prepare Nursing Students to Practice in a Virtual Workplace

Virtual Communities ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-100-3.ch425 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1482-1498

Author(s):

Mona Florea ◽

Lillian Rafeldt ◽

Susan Youngblood

Keyword(s):

Community College ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Information Literacy ◽

Working Environment ◽

Literacy Programs ◽

Literacy Program ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Virtual Workplace ◽

Other Information ◽

Three Rivers

The chapter presents healthcare examples of the current virtual working environment and introduces nursing skills necessary for evidence-based practice in a virtual workplace. The authors discuss how the Nursing Information Literacy Program was designed and implemented at Three Rivers Community College to assist nursing students in developing skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving, technological literacy, information literacy, and collaborative and cooperative learning. The authors hope that this example will serve as a model for creating other information literacy programs that prepare students for working in a virtual workplace.

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Using an Information Literacy Program to Prepare Nursing Students to Practice in a Virtual Workplace

Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of Business Practices ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-893-2.ch023 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 317-333

Author(s):

Mona Florea ◽

Lillian Rafeldt ◽

Susan Youngblood

Keyword(s):

Community College ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Information Literacy ◽

Working Environment ◽

Literacy Programs ◽

Literacy Program ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Virtual Workplace ◽

Other Information ◽

Three Rivers

The chapter presents healthcare examples of the current virtual working environment and introduces nursing skills necessary for evidence-based practice in a virtual workplace. The authors discuss how the Nursing Information Literacy Program was designed and implemented at Three Rivers Community College to assist nursing students in developing skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving, technological literacy, information literacy, and collaborative and cooperative learning. The authors hope that this example will serve as a model for creating other information literacy programs that prepare students for working in a virtual workplace.

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