Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Professional Standards and Competencies Related to the Use of Podcast Technology


The NLN and the ANA strongly endorse the inclusion of technology within nursing education.  Neither the NLN nor ANA; however, address the explicit use of podcast technology within nursing curriculum.  The IOM Report does identify that podcast technology is a viable option for faculty to include within classes.

 
The publication, The Scope of Practice for Academic Nurse Educators (2007), conveys, “to further advance nursing education, new models of…nursing education must emerge [including]…delivery via video…television, and the web” (National League for Nursing, 2007, p. 2, 5).  The NLN Core Competencies of Nurse Educators state that the nurse educator “uses information technologies skillfully to support the teaching-learning process” (National League for Nursing, 2007, p. 16).  Furthermore, nurse educators must engage in scholarship through the dissemination of “nursing and teaching knowledge to a variety of audiences through various means” (National League for Nursing, 2007, p. 23).

The NLN Position Paper, Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses to Practice in a Technology-Rich Environment: An Informatics Agenda, “advocates for support of faculty development initiatives and innovative educational programs that address informatics preparation” (NLN Board of Governors, 2008, p. 2).

The publication, Nursing Professional Development: Scope and Standards of Practice, recognizes the dynamic and complex nature of nursing practice related to the “increased use of technology throughout the healthcare (sp?) environments” (American Nurses Association, 2010, p. 1).  Due to society’s immersion in technology, the learning environment has changed requiring the nurse educator to display expertise in the development and delivery of new teaching and learning methods for their students.  Education methods must not be limited to one approach; therefore, the nurse professional development specialist must explore technological options (American Nurses Association, 2010).


 
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report has numerous recommendations for improving the health care of the nation.  One vital section of this report focuses upon nursing education and the health professions specific core competency of informatics to educate nurses of today and future nurses.  Nursing curricula must incorporate “informatics; apply it to reduction of errors, management of knowledge and information, decision-making, and communication” (Finkelman & Kenner, 2009, p. 25).  To address this requirement, nurse faculty must integrate multiple technologies within the curriculum.  This publication is the only one that specifically addresses the use of podcast technology.

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