posted on 2023-05-22, 19:34authored byCarey Mather
Growth in use of digital technology for leisure and learning has created challenges for healthcare environments globally. Its rapid evolution in nursing continues to outpace the more sporadic updating of registered nurse standards, guidelines and codes of professional conduct. Revised standards in Australia and the United Kingdom establish the contemporary governance context for the educational preparation of registered nurses. A document analysis of these standards reveals an omit of guidance regarding the expected knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour of undergraduate nurses about when and how to access and use of digital technology on campus, and during work integrated learning. Documents governing nursing do not currently foster the development of digital professionalism, an essential component of professional identity formation, which is necessary to acquire prior to graduation as a registered nurse.
History
Publication title
Nurses and Midwives in the Digital Age: Selected Papers, Posters and Panels from the 15th International Congress in Nursing Informatics
Volume
284
Editors
M Honey, C Ronquillo, T-T Lee and L Westbrooke
Pagination
118-123
ISBN
9781643682204
Department/School
School of Nursing
Publisher
IOS Press BV
Place of publication
Netherlands
Extent
100
Rights statement
Copyright 2021 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and IOS Press. This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Repository Status
Open
Socio-economic Objectives
Higher education; Health policy evaluation; Nursing