Technology in nurse education: a communication teaching strategy.

This article focuses on the topic of technology in nurse education as a communication learning tool. Nurses are very interested in learning more about telehealth through the application of technology--computer-managed instruction (CMI), computer adaptive testing (CAT), computer stimulation testing (CST), telenursing, telemedicine and the Internet as it relates to improving health care delivery. With the current technology, there are many clinical implications, faculty concerns, and student issues in documentation and the explosion of knowledge and research as a direct source of information. This technology may also serve as a catalyst in bringing positive changes in the practice and the profession of nursing in collaboration with other health disciplines. Although there are limitations that cost may be a major deterrent in some schools of nursing, it is a fact that technology has invaded today's health care delivery system and the society, and is here to stay.