Integrating technology in nursing education : tools for the knowledge era /
Kathleen Garver Mastrian [and three others].
- Sudbury, Massachusetts : Jone and Bartlett Learning, c2011
- xix, 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Preparing nurses for contemporary practice -- The changing healthcare arena -- The changing student : the Net generation -- Changing faculty -- The changing higher education institution -- Overview of learning theories -- Instructional design theories -- The instructional design process -- Instruction media selection -- Copyright/fair use and education -- Variations in learning environments -- Web 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0., and beyond -- Educational simulations, virtual worlds, and games -- The 3 D's of clinical practice simulation : development, delivery, and debriefing / by Nick Miehl -- Informatics competencies and clinical practice tools -- Technology tools for outcomes assessment -- Knowledge era communities of practice and learning -- Imagining the future.
Provides valuable, easy-to-use strategies for incorporating technology into the classroom. The text examines the increased role of technology in health care and its transformational impact on the field, alllowing nurses to understand current and future trends, and thus, integrate technology into nursing education in order to effectively prepare students for a new, technologically driven healthcare environment.