Nursing

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Virology

Pedagogy

Psychiatry

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Curriculum

Outbreak

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Psychology

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Coping (psychology)

Medicine

Nurse education

Medical education

Pandemic

Disease

Nurse educator

Pathology

British Journal of Nursing

During the current coronavirus pandemic, undergraduate nurse teaching is facing many challenges. Universities have had to close their campuses, which means that academics are working from home and may be coping with unfamiliar technology to deliver the theoretical part of the undergraduate nursing curriculum. Emergency standards from the Nursing and Midwifery Council have allowed theoretical instruction to be replaced with distance learning, requiring nursing academics to adapt to providing a completely virtual approach to their teaching. This article provides examples of tools that can be used to deliver the theoretical component of the undergraduate nursing curriculum and ways of supporting students and colleagues in these unprecedented times.

Redefining undergraduate nurse teaching during the coronavirus pandemic: use of digital technologies