KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF NURSES TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON NURSING CARE DELIVERY IN ENUGU METROPOLIS
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Information technology has evolved into an essential component of health-care delivery. Okolie (2017) defines information technology or system as a system that offers methods for recording and making available information on a specific element of an organisation to aid in organisational activities. According to the current English 5th edition advanced learner's dictionary, information technology is the study or use of electronic methods for storing and making information available (IT).
According to Oyetunde & Akinmeye (2015), information technology is the transmitting, processing, and receiving of information by electronic or computer methods. It is the movement of some kind of information-carrying commodity via a network. There are no age or position restrictions when studying information technology. The Guardian newspaper stated in October 1999 that British Prime Minister Tony Blair took his first hesitant move towards information technology. He confessed his lack of computer proficiency. He then went to a two-hour computer training class in a shopping mall to learn about word processing, e-mail, and the internet (Guardian 25 October 1999). Therefore Passer and Smith (2017) suggested that everyone needs to learn how to use a computer. This is significant because we have now entered the information age.
1.2 RATIONALE/THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
This study employs the diffusion of innovation theory. It is a socio-psychological theory propounded by clerk Rogers. Diffusion of innovation theory is concerned with the manner in which a new technological ideas, artifact or technique, or a new use of old one, migrates from creation to use. Obviously, this theory has been useful in studies relating to information and communication technology, especially when it concerns the adoption and use of new technologies.
The Diffusion of innovations theory will provide this study with useful framework in explaining how far the Nurses in Enugu have acquired the knowledge of information technology and their attitude towards the application in Nursing care delivery.
1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Science has since reduced the world to a global village. This is the part and function of information technology. It is a common knowledge that information and communication technology (ICT) has come to facilitate and ease interactivity in health care delivery, Nursing diagnoses and treatment of ailments and disease, precision and accuracy in laboratory experiments, medical records keeping and drug preparation, monitoring of patient’s condition among others. Information and communication technology (ICT) is, therefore, vital for efficient discharge of duties in contemporary health institutions. What this means is that Nurses in the contemporary health and health related sectors must be ICT literate and compliance.
Nurses should be familiar with relevant ICT applications in health care delivery.
1.4 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The motivation behind this study are
i. To determine the current levels of knowledge of information and communication technology among Nurses in Enugu.
ii. To determine Nurses understanding of the relevance of ICT to Nursing care delivery.
iii. To ascertain the level of usage of ICT among Nurses in Enugu.
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