QLexNursing

📚 Using the internet to access peer-reviewed journals and databases (e.g., CINAHL, PubMed) is a key way nurses support evidence-based practice.

📚 These sources provide current, research-based information on interventions, medications, and best-practice guidelines.

📚 Accessing credible online literature helps nurses update their knowledge and avoid relying on outdated habits or tradition.

📚 Integrating high-quality evidence into clinical decisions improves patient outcomes, safety, and quality of care.

📚 Thus, using internet resources to access validated, scholarly information is an appropriate and professional use of technology in nursing practice.

Sharing patient data with friends for consultation

📚 Sharing patient information with friends violates confidentiality and privacy laws (e.g., HIPAA).

📚 Consultation should only occur with authorized healthcare professionals using secure channels.

Providing unverified health advice to patients

📚 Giving advice from unverified websites or opinions can lead to misinformation and unsafe care.

📚 Nurses are responsible for teaching based on verified, evidence-based sources.

By automating diagnostic processes to eliminate errors

📚 The internet does not “automate diagnosis” safely; diagnostic decisions require clinical assessment and reasoning.

📚 Technology may support decision-making but cannot replace professional judgment or fully eliminate errors.