Rate of Skill in Using Information Technology by Nursing Students

Computer literacy and information literacy are critical to the future of nursing the ability to use Information and Technology effectively is an increasingly important skill for nursing students. It is essential to support their student experience and also to give them the basics of the Informatics skills that they will need in practice once they are qualified nurses. This study was designed to survey of the rate of skill in using information technology by nursing students in Nursing and Midwifery School This study is descriptive – analytical research and population included56 under graduating students in semester 1، 3، 5&7. The checklist was used for data gathering included 7 skills in using of information technology. Questions were evaluated on the base of positive or negative answers، in a way that score one were given to positive answers and score zero to negative answers and then each person’s score in each domain was determined. All the survey results were compiled and analyzed with the SPSS using descriptive and analytical statistical method and variance test. Findings showed that the rate of skill in using information technology in students in semester 3 &5 was higher than students in semester 1 & 7 p= (. 03). Also mean score of male high in all skills except Word and PowerPoint than female p= (. 02). Graduates of nursing programs today must be able to use IT tools، such as clinical information system. To achieve this ambitious goal، nursing faculty must be adequately prepared to provide education about the role of information management in evidence-based practice.