Nurses Perception on Influence of Technology on Nursing Practice in China
Yinglan Li (a), Waraporn Kongsuwan (b*)

a).Student, Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand
b*).Associate Professor, Department of Adult and Elderly Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand 90112, E-mail: waraporn.k[at]psu.ac.th; waraporn_kongsuwan[at]yahoo.co.uk

Abstract

Recently, numerous technologies are using in healthcare system which bring a revolution in healthcare system, especially in ICU where is an advanced technological environment. Influence of technology is the nurses attitude and view of the effect of using technology on caring for critically ill patients. However, there is no study found for the influence of technology on caring among Chinese ICU nurses. This study purposed to examine the perception of ICU nurses on influence of technology on their nursing practice and the relationship between demographic data and ICU nurses perception on influence of technology. This descriptive study was conducted in ICU in tertiary hospitals of Guizhou Province, China. The convenience sample of 224 ICU nurses of tertiary hospitals in Guizhou province were completed the demographic questionnaire and Influence of Technology Questionnaire (ITQ) in this study. The descriptive statistics and spearman rank-order correlation were utilized to analyse the data. The result of this study showed that the overall mean score of nurses perceptions on influence of technology on nursing practice was moderate level (M= 3.35, SD= .33). Majority of participants (67%) held high level of perception on positive aspects of influence of technology (M= 3.01, SD= .64). While majority of participants (76.3%) held moderate level of perception on negative aspects of influence of technology. However, there is no relationship between ICU nurses age, work experience, educational level, continuing education and training and their perception on influence of technology (p > 0.05).The study showed that ICU nurses had a moderate perception on influence of technology on their nursing practice. It provided baseline data for expanding research regarding in high-tech environment based on context of China.

Keywords: Influence of technology; technological environment; ICU; nursing practice

Topic: Disaster, Emergency, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing