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Background: Although information literacy (IL) has been valuable in nursing education, guiding documents from librarianship (e.g., Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education) remain relatively obscure among nursing faculty. This review analyzes the intersection of IL with nursing and offers analyses for a better understanding of integrating IL into nursing education settings. Method: Scholarly literature was searched, and Covidence was used to track themes regarding how (and where) IL literature ( n = 179) connects to nursing educational settings. Results: Librarians are not involved consistently within nursing education. Research and discussion on IL in nursing are published in librarianship, education, and health sciences literature, and the terminology does not always align across these disciplines. Conclusion: Findings indicate an opportunity for librarians to share the Framework and its connections to the research literature with the nursing community. Researchers share suggestions for how common themes, language, and ideas can be shared between librarians and nursing faculty. [ J Nurs Educ . 2021;60(8):431–436.]

Objectives To estimate the potential reduction in waiting times for patients resulting from triage nurse‐initiated X‐rays. To compare the pattern of X‐ray ordering by triage nurses and medical staff. To estimate the accuracy of triage nurse‐initiated X‐rays. Method Prospective, blinded descriptive/comparative study with nursing intervention on an ‘intention to treat’ basis. Results Triage nurse‐initiated X‐rays would have identified 96% of fractures. Nurses would have ordered fewer X‐rays than doctors with an efficiency rate (number of fractures/number of X‐rays) of 41% compared with 36% for doctors. A conservative estimate of the potential time saving for patients is an average of 46 minutes. Conclusion Triage nurse‐initiated X‐rays should result in reduced waiting times for patients and increased efficiency of medical staff. This study suggests that this procedure would be accurate and efficient.

SUMMARYA case is reported of portal vein tear, which, although ultimately fatal, as a result of massive haemorrhage, demonstrates the continuing need to formalize and audit pre-hospital tirage.