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Do you need to achieve the RCN Competencies for Information Literacy?

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) recently published "Finding, using and managing information: nursing, midwifery, health and social care information literacy competencies" This helps staff to understand what skills they need to achieve in relation to information management.
The Health Library can help you to develop and demonstrate these skills and we have put together a checklist of our resources, services and training that will assist you. Here you will find out about the books, journals, databases and websites we have on offer, how to use our relevant services and what training you can book to help you get to grips with information management.

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