title: NursingQuest: supporting an analysis of nursing issues.
abstract: With the development and use of new strategies, practices, applications, and resources in technology, the teaching and learning context is shifting. Nurse educators are challenged to create instructional strategies that appeal to the newer generation of students and have the potential to enhance learning. Effective learning programs for these students require new digital communication skills, new pedagogies, and new practices. Nursing students should not be seeking the right answer as much as they should be seeking appropriate information and then developing approaches to issues or resolutions for problems. The focus of the teaching and learning context is shifting from the individual to the group, with the purpose of constructing new knowledge from available information. This article discusses the value of WebQuest activities as inquiry-oriented strategies and the process of adapting the WebQuest format for the development of a strategy called NursingQuest.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing (Regina site), University of Saskatchewan, 4500 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Sakatchewan, Canada S4P 3A3. s.bassendowski@usask.ca
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bassendowski
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006126:Group Processes; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D019359:Knowledge; D009042:Motivation; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires