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    Bridging the Health Information Gap for Hospital Nurses
    (2008) Shaw-Daigle, Christine; Demczuk, Lisa; Cohen Baker, Analyn; Raynard, Melissa; Giles-Smith, Lori; Barrett, Patricia
    Objectives: To develop library services that support nurses in meeting their new professional continuing competency requirement and to connect nurses directly to quality information for practice and lifelong learning. Description: Licensed practicing nurses must document their continuing competency on an annual basis. Recognizing an emerging information need, we developed several onsite and virtual library programs and services to help community hospital nurses meet their new professional requirements. Our goals were to provide in-person research and library consultation services to front-line staff and to develop creative and innovative ways to deliver evidence-based information directly to nurses at the unit level. Simultaneously, the Regional Health Authority Nursing Leadership Council (RHANLC) recognized a growing gap in nurses taking leadership roles in the health region. Partnering with other health sciences librarians, we expanded our online resource guides into an online learning support tool to bring leadership literature to potential nurse leaders. Results: The following personalized library services to support the continuing competency goals of nurses were developed.• On the Unit is a scheduled in-person visit to consult with nurses about their information needs. • Webliographies are a series of online resource guides for nursing-specifi c topics. Cooperating with the RHANLC, we enhanced the webliography format into an online and interactive learning support tool for leadership development. • Competency Collection: Information Pathfi nders are customized information packages designed for nurses. Print packages of information are readily available on units throughout the health care facilities. • Info-RN is an electronic newsletter highlighting nursing resources, library services, and information literacy concepts. We identified the unique information needs of nurses and created innovative ways to deliver evidence-based information directly to them. These new services provided an opportunity for librarians to contribute to the development of effective nurse clinicians and future nurse leaders.
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    Competency Culture: An Innovative String of Pearls to Deliver Health Information to Nurses
    (2006) Cohen Baker, Analyn; Demczuk, Lisa; Raynard, Melissa; Shaw-Daigle, Christine
    Objective: To support Manitoba nurses in their new professional requirement to maintain competency. Setting: The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM) requires that licensed, practicing nurses in the province document their continuing competency on an annual basis. In response to this requirement, the community hospital libraries, affiliated with the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries, developed several onsite and virtual library programs and services. Audience: The target group for these new initiatives is nurses working within the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and Winnipeg community hospitals. Program: The University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries (UMHSL) developed online resource guides, information packages and a newsletter to support the continuing competency goals of the CRNM and Manitoba nurses. Webliographies are topic specific, online resource guides including links to books, journal articles, ejournals and websites. They are updated annually and are accessible via the UMHSL website. Competency Collection: Information Pathfinders are customized information packages designed for nurses interested in a particular Healthcare issue. Print packages of information are readily available on units throughout the Healthcare facilities. Info-RN, is an electronic newsletter which highlights nursing resources and library services; it is published and distributed three times per year. Conclusion The UMHSL identified the unique information needs of nurses in the community hospitals. To address this need, the UMHSL developed creative and innovative ways to deliver evidence-based information directly to nurses at the unit level.
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    Direct to you: innovative information services to support nurses’ continuing competence in Manitoba
    (Canadian Health Libraries Association/Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada, 2006) Demczuk, Lisa; Cohen Baker, Analyn; Shaw-Daigle, Christine; Raynard, Melissa
    The libraries in Winnipeg, Manitoba, community hospitalsidentified an ideal opportunity to develop new programs andservices to reach practicing nurses in their own setting. In2004, the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM)began the implementation of a Continuing Competence Pro-gram that requires nurses to annually demonstrate, as part oftheir registration renewal, a commitment to life-long learning,and their participation in professional development activities[1]. The libraries recognized that many nurses, because ofthe time constraints of clinical responsibilities, shift work,and family life, have difficulties visiting the physical libraryin person to find resources to support learning and self-development. To bring relevant information directly to thenurses to support their continuing competence informationneeds, the librarians of the Winnipeg community hospitalsdeveloped four innovative onsite and virtual library programsand services.