Factors Influencing Acceptance of Nursing Informatics System Among Nursing Students in Nursing Education

Abstract

Nursing informatics has become a requirement for nursing curricula, developed and integrated into the healthcare system, and supplied to hospitals with qualified nurses who have sufficient informatics skills already taught at the university level to ensure the delivery of safe and high-quality patient care. This study aims to examine the factors that may impact the integration of nursing informatics into the nursing curriculum. A cross-sectional design was used with 155 nursing students who were enrolled in a health informatics course in nursing program. The TAM, or Technology Acceptance Model, was used. The results showed the majority of participants had some experience with health information systems and nursing informatics in a clinical setting. The average score for nursing informatics acceptance was 3.51 ± 0.76. Additionally, all aspects impacting nursing informatics acceptance-human, technological, organizational, and usefulness and ease of use-were positively and significantly correlated ( P = .00). Thus, to successfully integrate nursing informatics, this study demonstrated the importance of technology quality, organizational support, educational training, sociodemographic aspects, and ethical concerns. Educational institutions may improve patient care and healthcare outcomes by addressing these factors and facilitating the adoption and successful use of nursing informatics systems.