Student Nurses' Perception of the Impact of Information Technology on the Quality of Teaching and Learning | ||||
Journal of High Institute of Public Health | ||||
Article 4, Volume 38, Issue 4, October 2008, Page 765-784 PDF (208.93 K) | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2008.20968 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Nahed Kandeel* ; Youssreya Ibrahim | ||||
Department of Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The purpose of this paper was to investigate student nurses' perception of the impact of using information technology (IT) on the quality of teaching and learning of critical care nursing. This study was carried out at Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. The sample included 163 of fourth year Bachelor of Nursing students enrolled in critical care nursing course (CCNC) during the academic year 2007-2008. Data were collected using a questionnaire sheet which gathered information about student nurses' IT skills and use, perception of the access to and use of IT at Faculty of Nursing, perception of the impact of using IT on teaching and perception of the impact of using IT on learning critical care nursing (CCN). Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 9.0 for windows. The findings indicate that student nurses had positive perception of the impact of using IT on the quality of teaching and learning CCN. Students wanted access to IT at the Faculty and expressed their need for more training on using the Internet and Microsoft PowerPoint, and for IT resources in classrooms. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Information Technology; students' perception; teaching; Learning | ||||
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