Developing an Evidence-Based Curriculum Designed to Help Psychiatric Nurses Learn to Use Computers and the Internet

Koivunen, Marita; Välimäki, Maritta; Jakobsson, Tiina; Pitkänen, Anneli

doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.10.015

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“…In a study conducted by Gassert and McDowell, newly graduated nursing students' grasp of health‐careinformation technology was not at a sufficient level to meet the requirements of nursing practice. Much of the literature suggests that nurses must be knowledgeable about such computer‐related issues . However, newly graduating nurses are reported to lack such skills in clinical practice .…”

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“…Much of the literature suggests that nurses must be knowledgeable about such computer-related issues. 13,21,35,39 However, newly graduating nurses are reported to lack such skills in clinical practice. 10 Cruz et al 12 found that nursing students were aware of the need for information systems and skills in using them, but a majority of the students were at a beginner level in simple skills such as using Word and the Internet.…”

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Nurses' computer literacy and attitudes towards the use of computers in health care

Topkaya

Kaya

2014

Int J of Nursing Practice

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This descriptive and cross-sectional study was designed to address nurses' computer literacy and attitudes towards the use of computers in health care and to determine the correlation between these two variables. This study was conducted with the participation of 688 nurses who worked at two university-affiliated hospitals. These nurses were chosen using a stratified random sampling method. The data were collected using the Multicomponent Assessment of Computer Literacy and the Pretest for Attitudes Towards Computers in Healthcare Assessment Scale v. 2. The nurses, in general, had positive attitudes towards computers, and their computer literacy was good. Computer literacy in general had significant positive correlations with individual elements of computer competency and with attitudes towards computers. If the computer is to be an effective and beneficial part of the health-care system, it is necessary to help nurses improve their computer competency.

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Nurses' computer literacy and attitudes towards the use of computers in health care

Topkaya

Kaya

2014

Int J of Nursing Practice

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“…It improved evidence‐based medicine knowledge and increased the use of evidence‐based resources by residents. Koivunen et al . (2008) used an evidence‐based curriculum to help psychiatric nurses learn to use computers and the internet.…”

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Effect of evidence‐based education on Iranian nursing students' knowledge and attitude

Jalalinia

Salsali

Dehghan–Nayeri

et al. 2011

Nursing & Health Sciences

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To adopt an evidence-based approach to education there is a need for research-based evidence to support its effectiveness. This study investigated the impact of evidence-based education on the knowledge and attitude of nursing students. In this quasi-experimental study, all nursing students (n = 41) studying the courses of musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal systems were chosen and assigned randomly to intervention and control groups. The groups were taught through an evidence-based or traditional approach. Students' knowledge and attitude were then evaluated. Data were gathered by three knowledge and two attitude questionnaires with multiple choice and Likert scales and then analyzed. It was shown that there was a significant difference between the average scores for attitude of the groups, but there was no statistically significant difference between the average scores of knowledge. The results suggest the evidence-based approach might be used as a complementary approach to nursing education. It was not only as effective as the usual method but also led to the acquisition of particular skills by students. The results can be used to formulate programs to design and implement evidence-based nursing education.

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“…Contrary to earlier studies the present results do not confirm significant differences between programme adoption and age (Cheng et al 2004, Ortega Egea et al 2007), education (Ortega Egea et al 2007), computer skills, computer access, attitude towards computer use (Sahin & Thompson 2006), attitude towards the technology (Fuller et al 2007) and male gender (Cheng et al 2004, Ortega et al 2007). This is an encouraging result for psychiatric nursing where personnel may be stressed (Mann & Cowburn 2005), face implementation barriers (Koivunen et al 2008a) and lack technical support, interest and learning goals in relation to their skills (Koivunen et al 2008b).…”

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“…This is an encouraging result for psychiatric nursing where personnel may be stressed (Mann & Cowburn 2005), face implementation barriers (Koivunen et al . 2008a) and lack technical support, interest and learning goals in relation to their skills (Koivunen et al . 2008b).…”

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Adoption of an Internet‐based patient education programme in psychiatric hospitals

Anttila¹,

Välimäki

Koivunen

et al. 2011

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Internet-based patient support systems are widely assumed to predict a future trend in patient education. Coherent information is still lacking on how patient education is adopted in psychiatric hospitals and how information technology is used in it. Our aim was to describe nurses' adoption of an Internet-based patient education programme and the variables explaining it. The study was based on Rogers' model of the diffusion of innovation. The Internet-based patient education sessions were carried out by nurses on nine acute psychiatric inpatient wards in two Finnish hospitals. They were evaluated with reports and analysed statistically. Out of 100 nurses, 83 adopted the programme during the study period. The nurses fell into Rogers' groups, late majority (72%), laggards (17%), early majority (7%), early adopters (3%) and innovators (1%). Three groups were formed according to their activity: laggards, late majority, adopters (including early majority, early adopters, innovators). There was a statistical difference between the nurses' programme adoption between the two hospitals (P= 0.045): more laggards (65% vs. 35%) and adopters (73% vs. 27%) in the same hospital. The findings help to provide insight into the contexts and settings when adopting information technology programmes in the area of mental health care.

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Developing an Evidence-Based Curriculum Designed to Help Psychiatric Nurses Learn to Use Computers and the Internet

Cited by 17 publications

References 26 publications

Nurses' computer literacy and attitudes towards the use of computers in health care

Nurses' computer literacy and attitudes towards the use of computers in health care

Effect of evidence‐based education on Iranian nursing students' knowledge and attitude

Adoption of an Internet‐based patient education programme in psychiatric hospitals

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