<![CDATA[Purpose: To outline, evaluate, and integrate empirical and review literature provided by the requester on IoT, other smart-health technologies, and the digital policies influencing nursing education, clinical practice, and population health. Methods: Five-stage Arksey & O’Malley scoping review with Mattos, Levacs Refinements and PRISMA-ScR reporting. 16 full-text PDFs spanning publication years 2014-2024. Inclusion criteria: English, peer-reviewed, IoT, “Internet +” or other digital-transition technologies; relevance to nursing curricula, nursing services, and healthcare delivery or health-enabling smart cities. Results: Sixteen eligible records were identified: four quantitative primary studies, three cross-sectional surveys, one RCT, two engineering/architecture papers, two systematic reviews, one scoping review protocol, one narrative review, one meta-review of IoT definitions, one Macro-policy analysis of digital broadband policies, and one commentary, “Healthy Smart City.” Geographic publication clustering identified East Asia (7) and Europe (3). Substantial repetitive benefits included enhanced psychomotor competence, high intention to adopt IoT in practice, real-time decision support, and macro-level public health improvements. Barriers focused on interoperability, privacy, expense, and gaps in digital readiness. Conclusions: Learning and service outcomes from IoT-enabled pedagogies and care systems are positive, but practical evaluation and equity-focused implementation science are lacking. For increased adoption, cross-national reimbursement frameworks, revised curricula, and multi-disciplinary standards frameworks are essential.]]>
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