Design library instruction that demonstrates how research leads to empowering any claims students are making.
For example, for RN students, I could give them the following exercise: "The charge nurse where you work insists on doing ____________ procedure with ______technique. However, as a new graduate, you were taught that this technique is no longer valid and that is better to do _________ technique instead. Do you share this information with your charge nurse? Why or why not? If you do share it, how do you go about doing so? If you do not, why? What role, if any, does research provide in this example?"
Or, if it was for a student in cybersecurity: How do you present to the CFO of your organization that the company should spend ____ dollars more on a superior protection software instead of the less expensive software the company is currrently using? What do you say if the CFO replies: "We hired you. Why do we need this software?" What role, if any, will research play in helping you make your case and answer the CFO's question?
