Nursing Informatics Competencies of Public Health Nurses in Chungcheongnam-do

Hyun Kim; Miyoung Kim

doi:10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.1.20

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Nursing Informatics Competencies of Public Health Nurses in Chungcheongnam-do: Hyun Kim, Miyoung Kim; Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing 2013;24(1):20-28.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.1.20
Published online: March 31, 2013

¹Department of Nursing, Gimcheon University, Gimcheon, Korea.

²Division of Nursing Science, College of Health Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

• Received: September 1, 2012 • Accepted: February 28, 2013

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Purpose
The aim of the study was to identify nursing informatics competencies of nurses working for public health centers in Chungcheongnam-do.
Methods
Data were collected from June 10 to July 25, 2012 using the Nursing Informatics Competencies Questionnaire (NICQ). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, χ²-test, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation coefficient.
Results
Nursing informatics competencies of the subjects showed a mean score of 3.3±1.0 out of 5. As for scores of individual categories, the score for computer skills competencies was 3.3±1.0, informatics knowledge competencies 3.4±0.9, and informatics skills competencies 3.0±0.9. Nursing informatics competencies were positively correlated with the subjects' ages (r=.65, p<.001), computer usage hours (r=.23, p = .015), levels of demand for informatics knowledge (r=.51, p<.001), and informatics skills education (r=.78, p<.001).
Conclusion
Nursing informatics is required to be connected with job training or in-service education on account of its growing necessity for public health nurses. It is also essential to develop programs for strengthening informatics competencies reflecting sub-categories of educational needs.
Key Words: Computers; Nursing informatics; Public health nurses

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General Characteristics of Subjects (N=160)

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Informatics Characteristics of Subjects (N=160)

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Nursing Informatics Competency of Subjects (N=160)

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Nursing Informatics Competency according to Subjects' General Characteristics (N=160)

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Nursing Informatics Competency according to Subjects' Informatics Characteristics (N=160)

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Nursing Informatics Competencies of Public Health Nurses in Chungcheongnam-do

Table 1 General Characteristics of Subjects (N=160)

Table 2 Informatics Characteristics of Subjects (N=160)

Table 3 Nursing Informatics Competency of Subjects (N=160)

Table 4 Nursing Informatics Competency according to Subjects' General Characteristics (N=160)

Table 5 Nursing Informatics Competency according to Subjects' Informatics Characteristics (N=160)