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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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N= 161

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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