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UNDERGRADUATES ATTITUDESTOWARDS USAGE OF COMPUTERS
IN HEALTH CARE
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Contents
CONCLUSIONS
RESULTS
METHODOLOGY
AIM
INTRODUCTION
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Introduction
Computer knowledge and skills arebecoming essential components technologyin nursing education.
The use of technology in nursing educationis a relatively new and novel phenomenon.
It is crucial that student nurses beprepared with the knowledge and skills that
are essential for providing quality care inIndia and the world community.
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From the beginning of the hightechnological orientation in health care inthe 1970s to the personal computer in the1980s and the Internet boom of the
1990s, technology usage has impactednursing education dramatically (Mallow &Gilje, 1999).
In response to this trend, INC has initiated
a requirement that all students mustsuccessfully complete an introductorycomputer course at BSc level.
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To accommodate the needs of students,and, at the same time, facilitate theiracquisition of skills, our college hasequipped computer laboratory with 20
computers.These technological advances have
assisted the students by enhancing theirlearning.
However, there has been little attentiongiven to the students attitudes aboutcomputer usage in the health care inIndia.
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Important studies are
Computer instruction has been proved assuccessful implementation to change theattitudes toward computers (Ajuwon,2003; Alsebail, 2004; Ayoub et al., 1999;
Chin, 2001; Lewis, 1999; Mastrian &McGonigle, 1999).
This research is the first study in India toexplore nursing students attitudes about
the use of computers in health care.
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AIM
The purpose of this study was to examinethe attitudes of baccalaureate degree
seeking student nurses attitudes towardcomputer usage in health care.
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Methodology
Study design
Cross sectional descriptive study
Location
College of Nursing, NIMHANS, Bangalore
Sample size
161 Nursing Students
Sampling TechniqueNon-probability convenience sample
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Inclusion criteria
1. Student nurses who were studying atCollege of Nursing, NIMHANS
2. Student nurses who are willing toparticipate
Exclusion criteria
Student nurses who were not willing to
participate
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Data collection tools
1. Socio demographic proforma: includesAge, gender, religion, income and back
ground of the participants.
2. Pretest for Attitudes Toward
Computers in Healthcare (PATCH)
developed by Kaminski, J. (2007) to berated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1,
strongly disagree, to 4, strongly agree.
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Score Interpretations
0 to 17 points Positive indication of Cyber phobia
18 to 34 points Indicates some uneasiness about usingcomputers.
35 to 52 points Moderate comfort in using computers.
53 to 69 points Feels comfortable using user-friendlycomputer applications.
70 to 86 points Confident of ability to use a variety ofcomputer programs.
87 to 100 points Very confident that they can learn to use acomputer to boost creativity, and performroutine functions.
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Procedure
Obtained permission from authorities
Subjects were approached &provided with a brief
oral description of the study.
Obtained their verbal consent& asked to
complete the questionnaire.
All data were handled anonymously
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Data analysis
The Statistical Package for Social Science(SPSS version 16.0) was used to generatedescriptive and inferential statistics at asignificant level of 0.05.
Responses of the negatively worded itemswere reversed before data analysis.
The higher the score, favourable is theattitude towards use of computers in
health care.
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Socio-Demographic variables ofRespondents:
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The mean age of nursing students was18.6 1.03 (MSD) and average incomewas (in thousands) Rs/- 1.17 12489
(MSD)Majority (n=154, 95.7%) of the students
were female and belonged to Christiancommunity (n=131, 81.4%).
More than half (52.2%) of the participantswere from rural background.
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Scores from the questionnaire
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Nursing students (N=161)
The average score of the participants was60.71% which indicates that theparticipants were comfortable in usinguser-friendly computer applications.
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The findings of association shows that thelevels of attitude were not associated with
gender, religion and back ground ofNursing students.
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Discussion
Nursing students were aware of theusefulness of computers in a variety of settings.
Findings shown that the participants have arealistic view of current computer capabilities in
healthcare.
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The present study findings were contrary toprevious studies that shown participantsnegative attitudes about the use ofcomputers(Anderson, 1996; Henderson,
Deane, & Ward, 1995; Loyd & Gressard,1987).
Indeed, these individuals will not benefitfrom the science and technology that
computers offer in knowledge and skillsacquisition in delivering health care(Francisa, Katzb, & Jones, 2000).
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On the other hand, students who wereexposed to computers in their academic
programs might have some preexistingopinions about the use of computers as anenhancement for the acquisition ofknowledge and skills in nursing.
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Implications of the study
The current study took a very cursory lookat the issue of students attitudes towardscomputers in health care.
The findings are expected to be beneficialto university leaders, the nursing facultyand staff, and the students.
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Administration
Nurse administrators and educators acttogether about the future of nursing andhealth care delivery.
Education
The findings of this study will assist theeducators and administrators at NIMHANSto glean a better understanding of the
impact that the addition of the newrequired computer course has on thenursing students.
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Practice
Nurses will need to be proficient incomputer usage and be able tocommunicate across a variety of
healthcare-system demands.Furthermore, nurses will need to know how
to use computers to communicate withphysicians, pharmacists, and other health
care providers in the local and globalhealth care systems.
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Research
As nurses become more educated and
informed about the use of computers, theywill be able to conduct sophisticatedresearch.
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Limitations of the study
The sample for this study was limited to theCollege of Nursing at NIMHANS.
Thus, this study would not be generalizable
to the entire Indian nursing studentpopulation.
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Future research should focus
Including larger sample size using randomsampling.
To assess the attitude of nurse educators,and significant others who are involved inpreparing curriculum for Nursing Students.
To compare the attitudes of Nursingstudents with Nurses and Non Nursingstudents.
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Any questions please !!!.....
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