Curriculum strategies to improve baccalaureate nursing information technology outcomes.

Full Abstract

Improving information technology (IT) outcomes is a top nursing education priority. Improving care access, quality, and cost effectiveness, IT skills are vital for professional development and advancement. Nursing programs have embraced distance learning and added informatics content, courses, and specific technologies; however, undergraduates' and educators' skills are still considered inadequate. Meanwhile, the Nursing Informatics specialty has moved beyond IT competency articulation and measurement. It is promoting information literacy to support evidence-based practice and the cultivation of clinical wisdom. The Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) Initiative, a coalition aiming to advance IT outcomes in nursing education, has cited benchmarking and sharing best practices as key to achieving its goals. Thus, this article reports on the process, results, and implications of a project using curriculum strategies to enhance IT outcomes. A 3-year action plan directed faculty, student, and agency evaluation, curriculum mapping, model learning module, and documentation development.

Author information

Author/s: Fetter, Marilyn S (MS);

Affiliation: Villanova University, College of Nursing, 850 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA. Marilyn.Fetter(-atsign-)villanova.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: The Journal of nursing education (J Nurs Educ), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Feb; vol 48 (issue 2) : pp 78-85

Dates: Created 2009/03/05; Completed 2009/04/14; Revised 2009/08/18;

PMID: 19260399, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 8/21/2009, IMS Date: 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentIn: J Nurs Educ. 2009 Aug;48(8):421. (PMID: 19681529)

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