Title : Factors influencing the nursing informatics competency of undergraduate nursing students in Henan Province: A cross-sectional study
Abstract:
Background: With the rapid development of cloud computing, big data and other medical information technology, China has vigorously pushed forward the construction of information technology in hospitals. he National Nursing Career Development "14th Five-Year Plan" (2021-2025) issued by the China Healthcare Commission explicitly states that there is a need to further optimize the construction of nursing informatization, and strengthen the nursing informatics competency training, in order to adapt to the new requirements of the economic and social development of the nursing career. Nursing undergraduates are the most direct reserve of the professional nursing team in the coming years, and their level of nursing informatics competency has a direct impact on the construction in hospitals, so it is important and urgent to investigate and cultivate nursing informatics competency of nursing students.
Objective: To investigate the current status of nursing informatics competency among undergraduate nursing students in Henan Province, and to analyse its influencing factors.
Methods: 278 undergraduate nursing students from three colleges in Henan Province participated in the survey from July to October 2023. The demographic information, nursing informatics competency, and the self-regulated learning competency were conducted.
Results: The total score of nursing informatics competency of undergraduate nursing students in Henan Province was (83.53±19.86), which was in the middle level, and grade, national computer level, self-regulated learning competency were the influencing factors of nursing informatics competency of undergraduate nursing students.
Conclusion: The nursing informatics competency of undergraduate nursing students in Henan Province needs to be improved, and it is suggested that all nursing colleges should pay attention to the cultivation of nursing students' informatics competency, improve the information education program for the current status.
Audience Take Away:
- To understand the current status of nursing informatics competency among undergraduate nursing students in Henan Province.
- To understand the relationship between nursing informatics competency and self-regulated learning competency of undergraduate nursing students in Henan Province.
- To understand the influencing factors of nursing informatics competency of undergraduate nursing students in Henan Province.
