title: Development of a blended model of teaching and learning for nursing students on rostered placement to ensure competence in information and communication technology for professional practice in Ireland.
abstract: Experiences gained from delivering a Health Informatics for Nurses course in a school of nursing and midwifery in a university teaching hospital in Ireland suggest that Web-based courses may facilitate an enhanced understanding of course content. Nursing education must recognize the importance of information and communication technology in nursing to prepare the nursing and midwifery profession to embrace current advances in information and communication technology in healthcare in Ireland, and ultimately to benefit patient care.
authors.affiliation: Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, and Mercy University Hospital, Grenville Place, Cork, Ireland. sile.creedon@ucc.ie
authors.forename: Sile A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Creedon
authors.forename: Ann Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cummins
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007494:Ireland; D007858:Learning; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000193:education*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011247:Pregnancy; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods