title: The Net Generation of nursing: keeping empathetic communication alive.
abstract: Electronic communication has had a profound impact on generations, in the nursing profession as well as in society as a whole. Nursing educators struggle with facilitating verbal communication skills in didactic and clinical settings, particularly with the Net Generation. Online education is rapidly becoming the norm in degree-completion programs. Nursing educators must assure that empathetic communication with patients will not become a lost art.
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate Nursing Program at Western Carolina University School of Nursing, Cullowhee, Northe Carolina, USA. metcalfe@email.wcu.edu
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metcalfe
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Putnam
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000639:trends*; D004645:Empathy; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*