Use Of High-Technological Gadgets And Computer Literacy As Correlates Of Student Nurses Informatics Skills

Research shows that nursing informatics greatly improves patients outcome in a technologically driven health care arena. The purpose of this descriptive correlation research was to assess whether the use of high-technological gadgets - smartphones pocket WiFi and tablet and computer literacy significantly correlates to student nurses informatics skills in terms of charting and health teaching. This study utilized a validated and reliably tested researcher made questionnaire to a sample of 181 graduating nursing students in Marawi City. The instrument measured the use of high-technological gadgets based on the hours spent for academic and leisure purposes 100-items computer literacy exam and nursing informatics skills in a 5-point Likert scale format. IBM-SPSS version 21 used in analyzing the gathered 26 tabulated data. Results revealed that student nurses spend more time in the use of high-technological gadgets for leisure twice higher than for academic purposes and scored a beginner literacy in the use of computers. Findings on nursing informatics skills shows moderately skillful for health teaching and less skillful for charting. Correlation reveals that use of high-technological gadgets for leisure purposes and computer literacy has proportional significant relationship with the nursing informatics skills. The study recommends faculty training in Nursing Informatics an updated Information 26 Technology infrastructure in the institution and provision of informatics skills simulation both in the school and in the clinical area.