Nursing education in telehealth

J Telemed Telecare. 2006;12(2):55-6. doi: 10.1258/135763306776084437.

Abstract

Many nurses around the world provide expert nursing care through distance technologies but few undergraduate programmes expose nursing students to the full range of technologies available. Nursing education in telehealth needs to reflect the roles, responsibilities and capacity for knowledge building and innovation of the various constituencies within the profession. Registered nurses and advanced practice nurses will need complementary but different knowledge and skills than nurse administrators. The former will need technical proficiency in using common telehealth modalities and the ability to integrate telehealth in their practices.

MeSH terms

  • Education, Nursing*
  • Humans
  • Medical Informatics / education*
  • Telemedicine*