Effects of e-Learning and m-Learning on Nursing Care in a Continuing Education Context: An Overview of Mixed Method Systematic Reviews (Protocol)

摘要

Continuing education is an imperative for professional nursing. e-Learning is one modality to support education and it has been extensively examined in a nursing academic context. An overview of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method systematic reviews were conducted to draw a broad picture of the effects of e-Learning and m-Learning used by registered nurses in a continuing education context. Continuing education (CE) is an imperative for nursing creating opportunities for nurses to acquire knowledge and develop competencies [1]. CE should improve the quality of care and patient health by changing the practice of providers [2]. E-learning represents a potential alternative way to learn and has positive impacts on nurses' knowledge, skills, and satisfaction [3]. E-Learning technologies have been studied extensively for health professional students in an academic context (systematic reviews (n=22)) [4]. We found no overview of reviews focused on e-learning in a CE context for registered nurses (RN). We aim to systematically summarize evidence from qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method systematic reviews regarding the effects of e-learning and m-learning on nursing care. The methods and preliminary results will be presented.