Mayo Clinic Credibility

Evaluating a Website for Credibility
Anita M. Ebbinghausen
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR 500: Foundational Concepts and Application
Spring 2014

Evaluating a Website The internet is one of the primary sources for peoples looking for medical information in the twenty-first century. Our goal is to evaluate the quality, reliability, credibility and choose a search engine on the World Wide Web. Our choice of a search engine is Google this will provide the direct link http://www.mayoclinic.org/. The Mayo Clinic is an organization that inspires hope to peoples seeking information while contributing to the health and well-being of all. The Mayo Clinic uses education, research, providing empathy, sensitivity,
The Mayo Clinic (2014) “has been training medical professionals from throughout the world for more than 100 years” (p. 1). Although our research will begin by gathering data on evaluating websites, empirical evidence, application of nursing, while providing analysis through facts, it would be beneficial for websites to optimize information and keep peoples capabilities in mind, as our findings conclude we will be revealing sources for in a scholarly manner. Evaluation of the Website
As we consider the needs and literacy our the peoples, we will begin gathering our information and researching the Mayo Clinic to reveal the findings of how this organization decides on peoples and teams to best accommodate the needs of the website and the peoples who visit. The authority of the Mayo Clinic has several experts in the fields who qualify to provide information from a team of web professionals, medical reviewers, to guarantee precise, applicable and actionable intelligence to provide site visitors with avenues of knowledge, experience, and service of the Mayo Clinic. The
The Mayo Clinic provides quality team members from a variety of professional fields of expertise. In addition, the organization has been around for over a hundred years. The Mayo Clinic inspires peoples who seek medical, educational and researchable information through a team of professional experts that guarantee precise, applicable, and intelligible source of information “it remains an important and valuable source of information for patients and healthcare providers” (Soobrah, R., & Clark, S. (2012) while only allowing certain level of sponsors or advertisers. Moreover, the website is user-friendly and allows beginners’ the confidence to functionally stroll throughout their pages with the assurance of knowing their privacy and security are safe. Furthermore, nurses have the ability to trust this site and confidently refer clients to use for educational materials, resources, and current medical information. Our research revealed sources in a scholarly manner and informed our audience of the contributing factors that the Mayo Clinic offered to all who