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Developing nursing students’ informatics competencies – A Canadian faculty perspective

  • Amelia Chauvette EMAIL logo , Manal Kleib und Pauline Paul
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 14. Juni 2022
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
Aus der Zeitschrift International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship Band 19 Heft 1

Abstract

Objectives

The aim of this study was to explore nursing faculty experiences in integrating digital tools to support undergraduate students’ learning and development of nursing informatics competencies.

Methods

This focused ethnography study used a combination of semi-structured interviews, document reviews, and field visits. Convenience and snowball sampling were applied to recruit participants. Data were analyzed concurrently with data collection, using thematic analysis.

Results

Twenty-one faculty members from nine undergraduate nursing programs in Western Canada participated. Themes discussed include: 1) meaning of the term nursing informatics, 2) faculty perceived nursing informatics competence, 3) developing students’ nursing informatics competencies, 4) facilitators, and 5) challenges.

Conclusions

Nursing faculty are relatively engaged in developing students’ informatics competencies. However, challenges must be addressed and faculty need more support to improve their own informatics capacity. Implications for Practice and Research: This study has implications for faculty, nursing program administrators, and nursing organizations.

Keywords: informatics competencies; nursing education; nursing faculty; nursing informatics
Corresponding author: Amelia Chauvette, Health and Social Development, Okanagan College, Penticton, British Colombia, Canada, E-mail:

Funding source: Canadian Nurses Foundation

Funding source: Western North-Western Regional Canadian Association of School of Nursing

  1. Research funding: This work was supported by the Western North-Western Regional Canadian Association of School of Nursing for the Graduate Award, and the Dr. Kathryn J Hannah Nursing Informatics Scholarship through the Canadian Nurses Foundation. The funding organizations played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or decision to submit the report for publication.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.

  5. Ethical approval: The University of Alberta Ethics Review Board granted ethics approval for this project. The project number approval was Pro00091981.

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Received: 2021-12-29
Accepted: 2022-05-26
Published Online: 2022-06-14

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2021-0165
Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
informatics competencies; nursing education; nursing faculty; nursing informatics

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Nurses’ and nurse educators’ experiences of a Pediatric Nursing Continuing Professional Development program in Rwanda
  2. Literature Reviews
  3. Measuring academic satisfaction in nursing students: a systematic review of the instruments
  4. Pediatric practicums in undergraduate nursing programs: an integrative review
  5. Research Articles
  6. Nursing educators’ collaboration and professional development: a cross-sectional study
  7. Ethical tension in nursing education: a challenge for faculty values and beliefs
  8. Improving practicing nurses’ knowledge and perceptions of older people: a quasi-experimental study
  9. Embracing diversity: measuring the impact of an international immersion learning experience on nursing students’ cultural beliefs and values
  10. Lower academic performance and dropout rates among University students with children: a prospective cohort study of nursing students in Bogotá, Colombia
  11. Supporting the transition to practice: preceptor behaviors that foster a positive student preceptorship experience
  12. Faculty supportive behaviors and nursing student mental health: a pilot study
  13. Intention and motivation to pursue higher education among registered nurses and midwives: a cross-sectional study during COVID-19
  14. An analysis of nursing and medical students’ attitudes towards and knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
  15. Assessing non-technical skills in undergraduate nursing students: a validation study
  16. Developing nursing students’ informatics competencies – A Canadian faculty perspective
  17. A creative approach for undergraduate nursing students to learn anatomy and physiology: a qualitative exploratory study
  18. Resilience and GRIT among undergraduate nursing students during the COVID 19 pandemic
  19. The effect of advocacy education of nursing students on attitudes towards disability: a quasi-experimental study
  20. Knowledge and perceptions of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among prelicensure nursing students
  21. Narrative photography with an expert patient as a method to improve empathy: a satisfaction study with health sciences students
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