Pressure from students and the healthcare industry has prompted the nursing educators at a college to implement new technology into the nursing education that they provide
Which of the following statements is true of technological change and nursing education?
A) Technology is typically high in colleges and universities but low in hospitals and other care
settings.
B) Many of the purported educational benefits of technology have not been demonstrated in
the nursing literature.
C) Computer literacy is high among students but most nursing educators lack computer skills.
D) The costs of integrating new technology into nursing education can be prohibitive.
Ans: D
High-technology equipment is often expensive, a fact that often presents a challenge
to educational institutions. The benefits of technology in learning have been demonstrated and
computer literacy is nearly universal. Hospitals are high-technology work environments.
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