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Evaluation of an intervention on scientific information searches for nursing students

In this paper we show process and evaluation of an educational intervention on information seeking in nursing students as part of literacy program. The intervention was carried out with 158 students in 3rd-year-nursing enrolled on the subject of Nursing Services Administration. The average of correct answers is 11.8 (standard deviation=2.2) on knowledge evaluation; marks obtained in the search report of information was of 46.8% A grade, 22.4% B grade, 19.2% C grade, and 11.5% D grade; 79.5% of students believed that after training has enough knowledge to find scientific information and 78.6% was satisfied with learning according to learning-process-satisfaction questionnaires. We conclude that the educational intervention is appropriate for developing skills on information seeking in nursing students.

Information literacy; Students nursing; Learning


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