Awareness of Nursing Students Regarding Applications of the Nursing Informatics System in the Community. | ||
| Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice | ||
| Article 8, Volume 3, Issue 5, March 2024, Pages 33-46 PDF (621.7 K) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific Research Periodical | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/hijnrp.2024.261453.1101 | ||
| Author | ||
| Fatma Elsayed Reda Radwan* | ||
| Technical Health institute, Imbaba | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nursing informatics has been developed to enhance the effectiveness of healthcare information management and communication. Aim: Assess awareness of nursing students regarding applications of the nursing informatics system in the community. Design: A descriptive research design was applied in this study. Sample: A purposive sample included 140 nursing students. Setting: Technical Health Institute at Imbaba. Tool: Interview questionnaire consisted of four parts: Part I: Socio-demographic characteristics for nursing students, Part II: Nursing Student’s knowledge regarding informatics system, Part III: Nursing students reported practices regarding informatics system Part IV: Nursing student’s attitude regarding informatics system in community. Results: 25% of nursing students had satisfactory total knowledge level about nursing informatics. 37.9% of the studied nursing students had adequate total reported practices level regarding informatics system. 48.6% of the studied nursing students had positive total attitude level toward informatics system. Conclusion: Three quarters of nursing students had unsatisfactory level of total knowledge about nursing informatics system. Less than two thirds of nursing students had inadequate practices regarding nursing informatics system. More than half of nursing students had negative total attitude regarding nursing informatics system .There were positive highly statistically significant correlations between total nursing students knowledge, total reported practices and total attitude regarding nursing informatics system. Recommendation: Applying educational programs for nursing students to improve knowledge, practice and attitude toward nursing informatics. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Applications; awareness of nursing students; nursing informatics | ||
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