title: Nursing Students' Perceived Learning from a Digital Health Assignment as Part of the Nursing Care for the Childbearing Family Course.
abstract: To increase the competency of undergraduate nursing students to find and evaluate online health information, a Digital Health Assignment was created for second year nursing students. Facebook was used as the assignment platform. Students chose and appraised social media postings regarding topics of interest for expecting families. Students utilized an adapted Trust in Online Health Information scale to appraise the social media postings, including the quality of information. At completion of the assignment, student evaluation surveys revealed the knowledge gained through the learning activity. Implications for nursing education are suggested.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Trinity Western University, Canada.
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theron
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Trinity Western University, Canada.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Redmond
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Borycki
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D006801:Humans; D061108:Social Media; D013338:Students, Nursing
keywords: Nursing informatics; critical appraisal; education; social media; trust in online health information