Que importância atribuem os estudantes de enfermagem às novas tecnologias

Abstract

The development of science and technology introduced significant changes in the health area, constituting a challenge for the provision of nursing care. In the training of nurses, various types of educational equipment and technologies are used, with emphasis on information and communication technologies (ICT), whose objective is to facilitate the teaching-learning process, complementing traditional teaching methods. Nursing schools aim to prepare future nurses qualified to use the new emerging technologies and work in diverse contexts. In this article, it was intended to understand the importance that nursing students attach to ICT in the learning process. The methodology adopted was to conduct individual interviews with nursing students, for the treatment of the data was used content analysis. The results revealed that students recognize the advantages of ICT in their learning as future health professionals. They mainly use the computer and mobile phone with the aim of conducting research, communicating and conducting an autonomous study, which facilitates the teaching-learning process, decision making and the promotion of continuity in nursing care. In short, nursing students consider ICT as facilitating tools not only in the academic context, but also in clinical practice.