The use of nursing informatics is new in Nigeria. This study assessed Nurses’ perceived utilization of electronic devices for nursing informatics practices in Federal Medical Centres (FMCs) in Southern Nigeria. The study employed a cross sectional descriptive survey design. The total population of the study is 2189 nurses in FMCs in Southern Nigeria enlisted. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 326 respondents from the total population. The instrument used for data collection
which is titled “Utilization of electronic devices for Nursing Informatics practice Questionnaire (UENIQ)” was a pre-tested. Data was analysed using mean while Chi-Square (x2) was used to test the hypotheses at P > 0.05 level of significant. The findings of the study revealed that the perceived utilization of electronic devices for nursing informatics practices in Federal Medical Centres (FMCs) in Southern Nigeria was very low with the mean score of 1.6. The hypothesis tested indicated that there was significant relationship between perceived utilization and three socio-demographic
variables such as Age (χ2 = 17.002, P = 0.00193), Educational qualication (χ2 = 14.584, P = 0.00068), and gender (χ2 = 8.6213, P = 0.00332) . In conclusion nurses in FMC southern Nigeria do not utilize electronic devices as a tool in everyday practice. It was recommended that government should equip all the hospitals for nursing informatics practice. Nurses should be trained to have competency required for nursing informatics practice.
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- Nurses' perception, Utilization, Federal Medical Centre, Nursing informatics
- PERCEIVED UTILIZATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR NURSING INFORMATICS PRACTICE AMONG NURSES IN FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRES IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA
