Authors

  1. Elfrink, Victoria L. PhD, RNC
  2. Davis, L. Sue PhD, RN
  3. Fitzwater, Evelyn DNSc, RN, CS
  4. Castleman, Joan MS, RN
  5. Burley, Joe MNEd, RN
  6. Gorney-Moreno, Mary Jo PhD, RN
  7. Sullivan, Jean EdD, RN, ANP
  8. Nichols, Brenda DNSc, RN
  9. Hall, Dawn BSN, RN
  10. Queen, Kevin BSN, RN
  11. Johnson, Susan EdD, RN
  12. Martin, Angela MSN, RN, CS, FNP
  13. The Nightingale Tracker Clinical Field Test Nurse Team

Abstract

As health care becomes more information-intensive and diverse, there is a need to integrate information technology (IT) into clinical education. Little is known, however, about how to design instructional strategies for integrating information technology into clinical nursing education. This article outlines the instructional strategies used by faculty in five nursing programs who taught students to use a point-of-care information technology system. The article also reports students' computer acceptance and summarizes IT clinical teaching recommendations.