Evaluation of Nurses' Informatics Competencies in the Pandemic

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to determine the informatics competence of nurses in the pandemic through computer literacy, information literacy and information management. Materials and Methods: The population of this study consists of nurses working in the hospital. The informatics competency questionnaire for nurses was applied to 373 nurses and 322 nurses answered. The response rate of the questionnaire was 86.0%. Findings: In the study, the information literacy and information management levels of the participants in the 18-29, 30-39 and 40-49 age groups were found to be higher than the participants aged 50 and over, and the computer literacy levels of the participants with postgraduate education were higher than the participants aged 50 and over. The informatics proficiency levels of participants with postgraduate education are generally higher than participants with undergraduate and high school degrees. Married participants' IT literacy and IT proficiency levels are higher than single participants. There is a very high and positive correlation between computer literacy (r: 0.850), informatics competence (r: 0.807) and information management (r: 0.930) and informatics competencies. Result: Computer literacy was determined as 3.03±0.92, informatics literacy was determined 3.04±0.94 and information management was determined as 3.13±1.00. The study concluded that nurses' informatics competencies vary according to educational level, age and systems used.