The faculty member interviews showed that the EHRNE software
application was perceived as an innovative tool that had
advantages and challenges. The EHRNE software application
was the first HIT application to be integrated into the nursing
curriculum in Singapore. Faculty members and students had
limited time and opportunities to use HIT in the nursing skills
laboratory because the objectives were focused on other nursing
skills. Unlike in America and Canada, faculty members must
consider the IT initiatives, required competency and their
ability to incorporate the IT content into the curriculum (Jones
& Donelle 2011; Taylor et al. 2010). In this study, participants
had similar perceptions whether they had been teaching nursing
students for 2 or 10 years as this technology was a new experience
to them. This reflected that the faculty had not been
exposed to EHRs in educational settings.