Open AccessWhen online learning becomes compulsory: Student nurses’ adoption of information communication technology in a private nursing education institution
Author(s) -
Petra Bester,
Karlien Smit,
Maryke De Beer,
Pieter Hermanus Myburgh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v44i1.2152
Subject(s) - information and communications technology , curriculum , nurse education , thematic analysis , medical education , inclusion (mineral) , psychology , nonprobability sampling , nursing , qualitative research , medicine , pedagogy , sociology , political science , population , social science , social psychology , environmental health , law
Integrating the use of information communication technology (ICT) in nursing curricula when preparing student nurses for the digital health future such as the sudden online learning as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is vital. However, when student nurses in a South African private nursing education institution, struggled to complete obligatory online learning courses, nurse educators had to search for solutions.