DESCRIPTION

This NLN Technology Conference brings together recognized experts in simulation,
e-learning, informatics, and telehealth. Intended to help keep nurse educators current in these rapidly evolving areas. Learn about:

• the many ways to incorporate e-learning – inside/outside the classroom
• implementing the recommendations of the NLN’s newly released position statement: Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses to Practice in a Technology-rich Environment: An Informatics Agenda
• taking your simulation designs to the next level
• how others are using Second Life and Social Networking
• the accomplishments of the first group of scholars in the HITS/HRSA grant program
• …. and more!

OBJECTIVES

• Implement the recommendations of the NLN's newly released position statement: Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses to Practice in a Technology-rich Environment: An Informatics Agenda
  
• Incorporate e-learning into classroom and clinical experiences
  
• Plan strategies to encourage faculty to embrace simulation as a teaching/learning strategy
  
• Create new simulation scenarios that move beyond demonstration of patient care to multidisciplinary simulations involving delegation and increasingly complex curricular concepts
  
• Describe how schools are using Second Life and social networking sites
  
• Discuss the purpose and goals of the HRSA funded Health Information Technology grant, and the accomplishments of the first cohort of Scholars

This workshop addresses the following Core Competencies for Nurse Educators©.