Featured ArticleNursing Students' Perspectives on Telenursing in Patient Care After Simulation

BackgroundThis article presents the perspectives of undergraduate nursing students on telenursing in patient care after simulating three telenursing scenarios using real-time video and audio technology.MethodsAn exploratory design using focus group interviews was performed; data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.ResultsFive main categories arose: learning a different nursing role, influence on nursing assessment and decision making, reflections on the quality of remote comforting and care, empowering the patient, and ethical and economic reflections.ConclusionsDelivering telenursing care was regarded as important yet complex activity. Telenursing simulation should be integrated into undergraduate nursing education.