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. 2023 Nov-Dec:49:64-69.
doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.09.002. Epub 2023 Sep 15.

Introduction to digital health course

Brittany Beasley  1 , Neal Reeves  2 , Elizabeth Riley  2
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Introduction to digital health course

Brittany Beasley et al. J Prof Nurs. 2023 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Digital health is health care delivery that connects and empowers people and populations to manage health and wellness through technology. This mode of health care delivery has increased exponentially since the COVID-19 pandemic with most hospitals and health systems offering digital health services. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) published The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education which digital health education helps to partially meet four of these competencies. It is imperative graduate nursing education prepare future advanced practice registered nurses for practice in the evolving health care field. The purpose of this article is to share how to implement a graduate level digital health course for advanced practice registered nursing students.

Keywords: Digital health; Graduate nursing education; Nursing education; Telehealth.

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