Using of Blended Learning in Improving Collaboration Skill of Nursing Students

Background: An issue of collaboration between nurses and doctors can be caused by the lack of learning
process which contains the element of collaboration in nursing education. Therefore culture and attitude to
collaborate are lacking among nursing students.
Aim: This research is aimed to analyze the use of blended learning in enhancing the skill of collaboration
of nursing students.
Method: The research is conducted by way of non-systematic type of literature review. Data in the form of
articles were collected from several databases which includes PROQUEST, Science Direct, Elsevier, BMJ,
Google Scholar and PubMed by searching several keywords search namely “e-learning”, “blended learning”,
“Nursing Education”, “collaborative nursing”, “IPE”, “IPC”, “Professional Collaboration”, “Interprofessional
Education” using boolean “AND”. In addition to keywords search, the researcher also used inclusion and
exclusion criteria in filtering the articles reviewed confining to articles published in 2013 -2018.
Results: Blended learning can improve nursing students’ collaboration skills through increasing the elements
of cooperation, assertiveness, responsibility, communication, autonomy, coordination, understanding of
general goals, mutual respect and trust.
Conclusion: Blended learning can be adopted in nursing education. Blended learning can increase
motivation, improvelearning outcomes, instill good character values, encourage critical thinking and
enhance the collaboration skills of the students.