Nurse Educators’Role in Integration of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to Teaching-Learning Process

The information and communication technologies provide effective and productive serving in all areas of health care as is the case in the other fields. Also, it has gained importance more and more in nursing education and clinical settings. In the related literaure it is emphasized that using information and communication technologies is the universal quality of tweny-first century and the fundamental component of nursing education. Also, it is stated that nurses should be computer literate. Moreover, the nursing education programs should be designed for graduated nurses to earn these qualities. However, it is seen that the researches in the field of nursing in our country, focus more computers and computer-based technologies, and the nursing educators’roles in integration of the information and communication technologies haven’t take place in the literature. In this article, it is aimed to discuss the importance of integration the information and communication technologies to teaching-learning process and nurse educators’role and responsibilities.