Assessing Nursing Students' Attitude Toward Nursing Process Software

Abstract Background: The nursing process is the core and the standard of practice in nursing profession. Nowadays, the use of information technology in the field of nursing processes, education and practice has been emphasized. Since nurse’s attitudes towards clinical information systems are considered as an indicator of the success rate of information systems, and nurse’s attitudes about the nursing process can effect their execution of the process. So the purpose of this study was to evaluate nursing students' attitudes in the field of the nursing process software.Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 160 undergraduate nursing students (terms 4-8) in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences were selected by convenience sampling. To evaluate the effectiveness of nursing process software in this study, Mazlom and rajabpoor (2014) questionnaire consisted of 21 components based on a five-point Likert scale was completed by students after using the software. Data were then analyzed by SPSS 19 software.Results: The mean score of students' attitude toward nursing process software was good (80.70 ± 5.58). The highest student satisfaction with the software was respectively in the fields of "Effectiveness of software in prioritizing patient care and problems", "Completeness of electronic patient information compared to handwritten mode" and "Software effectiveness in saving your time". Also, the lowest level of students' satisfaction with the software was respectively related to the "sense of fairness in the work-division based on the software", "the effectiveness of the software in determining your workload" and "the sense of satisfaction in the work-division based on the software". There was a statistically significant relationship between gender and age and students' attitude toward nursing process software.Conclusions: Nursing students had a positive attitude about nursing process software. Therefore, in order to make the most use of the nursing process it is recommended to use this software in educational, research and clinical fields, which require a substructure of the nursing process software in universities and clinics.