Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 2:54 pm
Smartphones are a part of nursing education.
Student nurses use smartphones to access textbooks,
pharmacology resources, standards for practice and lots of
other knowledge as part of their everyday learning.
Particularly while they are in practical sessions, and need
to quickly fact check what to do next in clinical
situations.
Up until now, no-one has
researched the downside of this digital
reliance.
Belinda McGrath, who has taught first year
nursing students at Whitireia for almost 15 years, has
published international research with a group from Western
Sydney University, Murdoch University and others, on the impacts of
smartphones on nursing students.