Document Type
Article
Author ORCID Identifier
Ankit Shrestha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9012-6146
Prakriti Dumaru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6326-5810
Rizu Paudel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3840-9015
Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5764-2253
Journal/Book Title/Conference
CSCW '23 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2023 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Publication Date
10-14-2023
Journal Article Version
Version of Record
First Page
1
Last Page
5
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Abstract
Digital technology has transformed workplaces in recent years. The technology adoption in medical institutions has challenged nurses to evolve in using complex digital systems. However, academic institutions often fail to keep up with the rapid changes in professional practice in preparing their students. To this end, we conducted semi-structured interviews with five nursing faculties in the USA. In our study, we examined the current status of digital technology and privacy education, and identified the challenges in adequately preparing nursing students to embrace and adapt to the changes in digital technology use at healthcare organizations. Overall, our findings provide valuable insights for the CSCW community to better understand the challenges in academia, in order to mitigate the gap between academic preparation and professional needs of nurses in using digital technologies. Based on our findings, we provide recommendations to address these issues.
Recommended Citation
Ankit Shrestha, Prakriti Dumaru, Rizu Paudel, and Mahdi Nasrullah Al-Ameen. 2023. Understanding the Challenges in Academia to Prepare Nursing Students for Digital Technology Use at Workplace. In Companion Publication of the 2023 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW '23 Companion). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 96–100. https://doi.org/10.1145/3584931.3607002
