Challenges and needs in digital health practice and nursing education curricula: A Gap analysis study (Preprint)

Abstract

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Australian nursing programs aim to introduce students to digital health requirements for practice. However, innovation in digital health is more dynamic than education providers’ ability to respond. It is uncertain whether what is taught and demonstrated in nursing programs meets the needs and expectations of clinicians regarding capability of nurse graduates. This analysis takes the outputs of two studies into digital health capabilities and compares these to the National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Capability Framework. </sec> <sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> To identify gaps through a triangulation process, examined items present in the Framework as opposed to those that identified items that were missing from the Framework when compared to the perspectives of clinical nurses and the confidence and knowledge to teach of Nurse Educators. </sec> <sec> <title>METHODS</title> This study triangulates the findings from two studies of the DASH project and National Nursing and Midwifery Digital Capability Framework. The first a qualitative study considering the experiences of nurses with digital health technologies during COVID-19 pandemic and the second a survey of Nurse Educators identifying their confidence and knowledge to teach and demonstrate digital health concepts. </sec> <sec> <title>RESULTS</title> It demonstrate the range of components identified in the studies, that are present in the Framework and those items that are not evident in the Framework. </sec> <sec> <title>CONCLUSIONS</title> A series of statements and questions was formulated to direct a co-design process with nursing stakeholders to develop a curriculum for uplift of digital health capabilities for Nurse Educators to teach and undertake simulation-based learning with entry to practice nursing students. </sec>

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