4th Critique

http://www.endonurse.com/articles/541feat2.html

This is the site for my 4th critique. It is a site/article on GI Emergencies.

1. Content: The content of this article is strictly limited to GI Emergencies. Included in it is information regarding Peds GI and Adult GI problems. There is not an extreme amount of information on Peds GI emergencies within the article.

2. Design: This article is somewhat "boring" because it lacks visuals. It is only wording, no graphs, pictures, etc. If it were longer than what it is the reader may get bored with just reading and may not finish the article.

3. Disclosure: The article is appears to be written by Kathy Dix on 4/1/05. It is part of the EndoNurse newsletter. This newsletter states it is used as continuing advancement for endoscopy nurses. The site is also copyrighted. It seems like a legitimate newsletter for this population of nurses.

4. Currency: The article was written on 4/1/05 so it is within 4 years of the publish date. This site where the article is does not get updated periodically because this is just an article. Perhaps the original EndoNurse site does. When I looked at the original site I do not see an update time.

5. Authority of sources: The credentials are not provided by the editor or staff writers name so I do not know what kind of credentials they have to write this article. The author of the article itself also does not have credentials with it.

6. Ease of use: This article is very easy to use since it is all writing. There are no links to click or navigate to.

7. Accessibility: The article was easily accessible by saving the link. One could also go to EndoNurse.com and search for the article to find it.

8. Intended Audience: The intended audience for this site is endoscopy nurses as the site is for them. However, I think any type of nurse would benefit some from reading the article as well.

9. Contact addresses: When the contacts link was clicked it takes you to phone and email addresses for the editor, staff writer, copyright agent, advertising/medical group, and marketing.

10. Support: There is a search engine, newsletter sign-up, you can email the above named people, tags for the article, and similar articles. I do not see a specific help menu or tab.

In summary, I may use some of this article in my community. What it will most likely be used for is to get specifics on what kind of Peds GI emergencies exist and then I will use another site to get further information on it. This site was alright just not as informative as I would have liked.