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Evaluation Of Knowledge And Attitude Of Nurses To Information Technology On Nursing Care Delivery
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1.10INTRODUCTION
According to advanced learners
dictionary of current English 5th edition, information technology is the
study or use of electronic processes for storing information and making
it available (IT). Information technology has become a vital component
in health care delivery.
Flynn (1998) defines information technology
or system as an information system that provides procedures to record
and make available information, concerning part of an organization, to
assist organization related activities.
According to Davis (1999),
information technology refers to sending, processing and receiving
information through electronic means or computer. It is a flow of some
sort of information carrying commodity in some network.
There are no
age limit or position limit in studying information technology. In
October, 1999, the Guardian newspaper reported that the British prime
Minister Tony Blair took his first tentative step into Information
technology. He admitted his incompetence in computer usage. He then
attended a two-hour computer training session in a shopping center to be
instructed in word-processing, e-mail and the internet (Guardian 25
October 1999). There is need for everybody to become computer literate.
This is important because the world has now entered the information age.
1.11RATIONALE/THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
This
study employs the diffusion of innovation theory. It is a
socio-psychological theory propounded by clerk Rogers. Diffusion of
innovation theory is concerned with the manner in which a new
technological ideas, artifact or technique, or a new use of old one,
migrates from creation to use. Obviously, this theory has been useful in
studies relating to information and communication technology,
especially when it concerns the adoption and use of new technologies.
The
Diffusion of innovations theory will provide this study with useful
framework in explaining how far the Nurses in Enugu have acquired the
knowledge of information technology and their attitude towards the
application in Nursing care delivery.
1.12STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Science
has since reduced the world to a global village. This is the part and
function of information technology. It is a common knowledge that
information and communication technology (ICT) has come to facilitate
and ease interactivity in health care delivery, Nursing diagnoses and
treatment of ailments and disease, precision and accuracy in laboratory
experiments, medical records keeping and drug preparation, monitoring of
patient’s condition among others. Information and communication
technology (ICT) is, therefore, vital for efficient discharge of duties
in contemporary health institutions. What this means is that Nurses in
the contemporary health and health related sectors must be ICT literate
and compliance.
Nurses should be familiar with relevant ICT applications in health care delivery.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of nurses to information technology on nursing care delivery in Enugu. This write up studied knowledge of computer facilities, the level of knowledge of these computer facilities, whether the mentioned computer facilities are used in various places where they work. The relevance of information technology in nursing care delivery and factors hindering the use of ICT in nursing care delivery in Enugu were also studied. Sources of ... Continue reading---
