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Challenging the Myth of the Digital Native: A Narrative Review
Lisa Reid1,2, Didy Button1,2, Mark Brommeyer3,4
1College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide 5042, Australia.
Nursing Reports (Pavia, Italy)
|April 24, 2023
Summary
The myth of the Digital Native in nursing education leads to deficits in essential digital literacy skills. Undergraduate nursing curricula must integrate digital literacy training for safe, evidence-based patient care.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Digital Health
- Information Science
Background:
- Nurses require digital literacy for safe, evidence-based patient care.
- Digital literacy encompasses efficient searching, information critique, and bias recognition.
- The concept of the 'Digital Native' often leads universities to assume digital literacy in students.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the 'Digital Native' concept and its impact on undergraduate nursing education.
- To analyze how assumptions about digital nativity influence digital literacy instruction.
- To identify deficits in nursing education resulting from the 'Digital Native' myth.
Main Methods:
- A narrative review was conducted.
- The review utilized a pragmatic approach, examining Prensky's 'Digital Native' definition and contemporary literature.
- Sources included published health, education, and nursing literature.
Main Results:
- Findings will enhance understanding of digital literacy beliefs and their influence on nursing education.
- The review highlights how the 'Digital Native' myth creates educational deficits.
- Recommendations for improving undergraduate nursing students' digital literacy are discussed.
Conclusions:
- Digital literacy is crucial for undergraduate nursing students and nurses, directly impacting patient care quality.
- The 'Digital Native' concept is a myth; technology exposure does not guarantee digital literacy.
- Undergraduate nursing curricula need to incorporate digital literacy, and national competencies should be established for Registered Nurses.
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