Telemental Health: Education

• Chike-Harris, K. E., Durham, C., Logan, A., Smith, G., & DuBose-Morris, R. (2020). Integration of telehealth education into the health care provider curriculum: A review. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 0(0). doi: 10.1089/tmj.2019.0261 Retrieved from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32250196/
• Cornelis T.M. van Houwelingen, Anna H. Moerman, Roelof G.A. Ettema, Helianthe S.M. Kort, Olle ten Cate. (2016). Competencies required for nursing telehealth activities: A Delphi-study. Nurse Education Today, Volume 39, Pages 50-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.12.025.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0260691716000149
• Gustin, T. S., Kott, K., & Rutledge, C. (2019). Telehealth etiquette training: A guideline for preparing interprofessional teams for successful encounters. Nurse Educator, 45(2), 88-92 doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000680 Retrieved from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31022072/
• Rutledge, C.M., Kott, K., Schweickert, P.A., Poston, R., Fowler, C., & Haney, T.S. (2017). Telehealth and eHealth in nurse practitioner training: Current perspectives. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 8, 399-409. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S116071 Retrieved from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28721113/

Professional organizations have articulated positions on the development and refinement of telehealth competencies in basic and advanced nursing education.

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021). The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education. Retrieved from https://www.aacnnursing.org/Essentials
• American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing [AAACN]. (2018). Scope and standards of practice for professional telehealth nursing (6th ed.). Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. https://www.aaacn.org/practice-resources/telehealth/scope-and-standards
• American Nurses Association. (2019). ANA core principles on connected health. Retrieved from: https://www.nursingworld.org/~4a9307/globalassets/docs/ana/practice/ana-core-principles-on-connected-health.pdf
• American Nurses Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (2022). Scope and standards of practice. Psychiatric-mental health nursing (3rd ed.). Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association. Retrieved from https://www.apna.org/publications/scope-standards-2/
• American Telemedicine Association (ATA). (2018). Telehealth nursing fact sheet. ATA telehealth nursing Special Interest Group. Retrieved from: https://www.americantelemed.org/resources/telehealth-nursing-fact-sheet/
• National League of Nursing [NLN]. (2015). A VISION FOR the changing faculty role: Preparing students for the technological work of health care. NLN Vision Series. Retrieved from: https://www.nln.org/docs/default-source/uploadedfiles/about/nln-vision-series-position-statements/a-vision-for-the-changing-faculty-role-preparing-students-for-the-technological-world-of-health-care.pdf?sfvrsn=9134df0d_0
• National Association of Nurse Practitioner Faculty [NONPF]. (2018). NONPF supports telehealth in nurse practitioner education. Resources. Retrieved from: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/2018_Slate/Telehealth_Paper_2018.pdf
• National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) NACNS White Paper on Telehealth Competency for the Clinical Nurse Specialist: Gap Analysis and Recommendations (2021). Retrieved from: https://nacns.org/advocacy-policy/position-statements/nacns-white-paper-on-telehealth-competency/
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing [NCSBN]. (2014). The NCSBN position paper on telehealth nurse practice. Resources. Retrieved from: https://www.ncsbn.org/3847.htm

Well-defined telehealth competencies should align with a comprehensive telehealth framework to guide the development, application, and evaluation of telehealth competencies for nursing education and practice.

Rutledge, C. M., O’Rourke, J., Mason, A. M., Chike-Harris, K., Behnke, L., Melhado, L., Downes, L., & Gustin, T. (2021). Telehealth Competencies for Nursing Education and Practice: The Four P’s of Telehealth. Nurse educator, 46(5), 300–305. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000000988

Rutledge, C., Hawkins, E. J., Bordelon, M., & Gustin, T. S. (2020). Telehealth Education: An Interprofessional Online Immersion Experience in Response to COVID-19. The Journal of nursing education, 59(10), 570–576. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20200921-06

Reliable and valid tools should be used to measure mastery of telehealth competencies:

• Confidence in Planning for Telehealth Scale
• Telehealth Etiquette Knowledge Scale
• Confidence in Providing Telehealth Scale

All tools retrieved from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33002163/