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Background:This study evaluated the Mobile Information Software Evaluation Tool (MISET) with a sample of Canadian undergraduate nursing students (This study evaluated the Mobile Information Software Evaluation Tool (MISET) with a sample of Canadian undergraduate nursing students (N= 240).Method:Psychometric analyses determined how well the MISET assessed the extent that nursing students find mobile device-based information resources useful and supportive of learning in the clinical and classroom settings.Results:The MISET has a valid three-factor structure with high explained variance (74.7%). Internal consistency reliabilities were high for the MISET total (.90) and three subscales: Usefulness/Helpfulness, Information Literacy Support, and Use of Evidence-Based Sources (.87 to .94). Construct validity evidence included significantly higher mean total MISET, Helpfulness/Usefulness, and Information Literacy Support scores for senior students and those with higher computer competence.Conclusion:The MISET is a promising tool to evaluate mobile information technologies and information literacy support; however, longitudinal assessment of changes in scores over time would determine scale sensitivity and responsiveness. [The MISET is a promising tool to evaluate mobile information technologies and information literacy support; however, longitudinal assessment of changes in scores over time would determine scale sensitivity and responsiveness. [J Nurs Educ. 2016;55(7):385–390.]

• Glucocorticoids cause growth retardation in children. We have studied the effect of these hormones on serum somatomedin (Sm) levels in seven children with nephrosis.Intravenous administration of methyl-prednisolone sodium succinate, 2.2 mg/kg, causes a rapid fall in serum Sm activity. The activity remains suppressed during continuous therapy, but returns toward normal when medication is omitted during the course of alternate-day therapy. We conclude that one reason for growth retardation secondary to continuous glucocorticoid therapy is suppression of Sm generation. A direct effect of these hormones on the cartilage cell or induction of an Sm inhibitor cannot be excluded by the reported experiments.(Am J Dis Child 129:1393-1396, 1975)