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Perception and Practice of Emergency Nurses Regarding Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Esmaeel Akbari   , Esmaeel Akbari , Reza Shabanloei * , Faranak Jabbarzadeh Tabrizi |
| Department of Internal-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , r_shabanloei@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: (126 Views) |
Background & aim: In introducing and using technology in nursing, there is a risk that the focus will be on technology over patient care. This issue is more important in the emergency department which requires quality care in order to save human life. This study was conducted with the aim of determining nurses' perception and practice of technological competency as caring in nursing and its predictive factors in emergency nurses.
Methods: In this cross-sectional research, 218 nurses working in the emergency departments of educational hospitals of Tabriz were included by stratified random sampling method. The data was collected using the instruments of perception and practice of nurses about technological competency as caring in nursing.
Results: The mean age of the nurses was 36.77 ± 7.92 years and most of the nurses (55%) were female. The mean and standard deviation of perception and practice scores were 138.13 ± 16.19 and 134.97 ± 15.27, respectively. According to the results, for one-unit increase in perception, practice significantly increased by 0.764 units.
Conclusion: The mean score of perception and practice for emergency nurses in regards to technological competency as caring in nursing was above median. This reveals that the emergency nurses have the required knowledge and skills in order to use technology. |
Article number: 1 |
| Keywords: Emergency Nursing, Medical Informatics, Nursing Care, Perception, Nurses |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2024/02/27 | Accepted: 2024/03/13 | Published: 2024/07/6
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