Earn Continuing Education Credits with ANS!

Each issue of ANS includes an article that is accompanied by a CE test, giving you the opportunity to each Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) credits! The NCPD article in the current issue is also a current ‘hot topic’! The article is titled “Empowering Nurses Through Data Literacy and Data Science Literacy: Insights From a State-of-the-Art Literature Review“. It is co-authored by an international team of nurse scienctists: Mikyoung Angela. Lee, PhD, RN; Pankaj Vyas, MSN, MBA, RN; Fabio D’Agostino, PhD, RN; Ann Wieben, PhD, RN, NI-BC; Cynthia Coviak, PhD, RN, FNAP; Margaret Mullen-Fortino, PhD, RN; Suhyun Park, MSN, RN; Marisa Sileo, MSN, RN, NI-BC; Emiliane Nogueira de Souza, PhD, RN; Sophia Brown, PhD, DBA, FACHE, CPHIMS, PMP; Jethrone Role, DNP, RN, LHIT; Anita Reger, PhD, RN; and Lisiane Pruinelli, PhD, RN, FAMIA.

Statement of Significance

What is known or assumed to be true about this topic?

1. The volume and complexity of data that health care professionals must understand and use is increasing exponentially, driven by the growing demands of data-driven health care to promote patient outcomes and address health equity.

2. There is a critical need for comprehensive education tailored to equip nurses with a nuanced understanding of both data literacy and data science literacy.

What this article adds:

1. A review of recent frameworks, models, training, and assessment tools for developing data literacy and data science literacy among nurses and other health care professionals.

2. Recommendations for action in educational and practice settings to enhance data literacy and data science literacy among nurses.