The call for the reform of nursing education to include the technologies necessary for practice in the 21st century is a further incentive to conduct informatics research within
the nursing profession. Only with targeted, objective research findings that include
practicing nurses as well as student nurses, will the profession be able to provide “…21st. century knowledge and skills for practice in a complex, emerging technologically sophisticated, consumer-centric, global environment” (Warren & Connors, 2007, p. 58). The challenge is upon us. Will nursing educators ignore it or embrace it?