THE ONLINE INFORMATION SEEKING AND INTERPRETATION STRATEGIES IN NURSING STUDENTS

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 1 - 10, 13.03.2024

Havva Bozdemir , Hande Cengiz Açıl , Züleyha Şimşek Yaban , Dilek Aygin

Abstract

Objective: Problem solving skills, the integration model is increasingly given importance in nursing education.
Background: It was supported by findings that increased knowledge on internet usage will increase deliberate information seeking behaviors and usage of computers and the internet by nursing students is necessary for their occupation.
Study design and methods:The aim of this study was to determine the strategies of searching and interpreting information in the internet environment of nursing students studying in classical and integrated education program and these strategies differ according to demographic variables. The descriptive study design was used. The sample of the study consisted of two nursing students of the Faculty of Health Sciences who applied two different education methods in 2017- 2018 years. Nursing students (672) were sampled. The data that were collected with “Information Commitment Scale”. Ethics Board approval and written permission were provided by the nursing schools.
Results: “Multiple Sources as Accuracy” and “Technical Issues as Usefulness” factors average score of the students studying with the integrated education model was found to be higher than the students who were studying in classical education. Differences were found in sub-factors according to gender, class level, frequency of daily internet usage and computer usage level.
Conclusion: The students who are educated with integrated education model have higher scores in some strategies.

Keywords

Online Information Seeking, Interpretation Strategies, Nursing Students, Integrative Education

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