A nurse is educating students on how to evaluate a website. The nurse judges the teaching to be effective when the students can state:
a. "Internet information must go through careful screening before it can be posted.".
b. "Credibility, accuracy, and reasonableness of the information should be considered.".
c. "It is important to have the hospital libra-rian verify the authenticity of the web-site.".
d. "Most Internet information can be down-loaded or beamed to a smartphone or handheld device (personal digital assistant [PDA]).".
B
The credibility of the information that you obtain from Internet searches should be challenged. It is important to be skeptical because not all information that is posted on a website is accurate. Information should be evaluated and reevaluated on a regular basis. It is important to remember that Internet information is dynamic and fluid in nature compared with printed information. Al-though librarians can assist with the verification of the authenticity of the website, nurses need to understand how to evaluate information from various Internet sources. It is true that most infor-mation can be downloaded to a smartphone or handheld device; however, the question is asking about evaluating a website.
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