Carol Bond
Surfing or still drowning? Student nurses’ Internet skills
Bournemouth University
study student nurses ability use internet published nurse education today 2004 paper repeats research cohort students starting preregistration programme uk university 2007 2004 students reported poor internet skills frequent users internet study students found significantly better ability carry basic tasks significantly higher levels internet use ability apply skills complex information literacy tasks however increased half students saying found far much irrelevant information searching specific information internet earlier study found skills age related appears still case need skills increasing education lifelong learning patient information increasingly drawing developing internet nurse education however integrating skill knowledge base essential support preregistration programmes evidence suggests happen without active management