Nursing informatics skills relevance and competence for final year nursing students

Nursing informatics skills relevance and competence for final year nursing students

Background The increasing use of technology in nursing practice requires nursing students to be competent in nursing informatics with an attitude of acceptance of technology in the healthcare environment. Objectives The objectives of the study were to determine final year nursing students' perc...

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Published in:Curationis (Pretoria) Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. e1 - e8
Main Authors: Chipps, Jennifer, le Roux, Loretta, Agabus, Jakobina, Bimerew, Million
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Pretoria African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS 2022
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Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA)
Subjects:
Attitudes
Biology
College students
competence
Computer literacy
final year nursing student
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Policy & Services
Information management
information technology
Nursing
Nursing care
Nursing education
nursing informatics skills
nursing practice
Nursing students
Original Research
Patient safety
Students
South Africa
competence
nursing practice
final year nursing student
information technology
attitudes
nursing informatics skills
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Summary:Background The increasing use of technology in nursing practice requires nursing students to be competent in nursing informatics with an attitude of acceptance of technology in the healthcare environment. Objectives The objectives of the study were to determine final year nursing students' perceptions and skills in nursing informatics and their attitudes towards computerisation in nursing practice. Method The study population were 198 final year nursing students from a selected university in the Western Cape, South Africa. All-inclusive sampling was used. A descriptive survey was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire which included two validated scales, namely the validated Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment Tool (NICAT) and the Nurses' Attitudes towards Computerisation scale. Means and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the ratings of the perceived relevance of nursing informatics skills in nursing practice, perceived levels of competence in nursing informatics skills and attitudes towards computers were calculated. Results A total of 91 undergraduate respondents completed the survey. Computer literacy skills were rated overall as most relevant (4.23, 95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 4.06-4.40) and the skills perceived most competent (4.16, 95% CI: 3.81-4.22). The respondents had an overall positive score for attitudes towards computerisation in healthcare (67.34, s.d. = 10.40, 95% CI: 65.18-69.51). Conclusion The study concluded that computer literacy skills, informatics literacy skills and information management skills were relevant to nursing practice, despite varying levels of competence in these skills among nurses. Contribution What key insights into the research results and its future function are revealed? How do these insights link to the focus and scope of the journal? It should be a concise statement of the primary contribution of the manuscript; and how it fits within the scope of the journal.
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ISSN:0379-8577
2223-6279
2223-6279
DOI:10.4102/curationis.v45i1.2277