Impact of Educational Intervention on Knowledge of Nursing Informatics among Nursing Students

Abstract

Introduction : Since 1984, the term "nursing informatics" has been regarded as a specialist in nursing resources, and nurses have been working in the field of informatics for nearly four decades (Guenther & Peters, 2006). Material and Methods : Quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest designs were used in the study. Methods: The simple random sampling technique selected 100 nursing students at the Savitri Jindal Institute of Nursing, Haryana, India. A self-structured knowledge questionnaire (multiple choice questions) consisting of 20 items was used to collect the data, followed by educational intervention in the auditorium. Result : The pre-test mean knowledge score was 8.56, the post-test mean knowledge score was 17.12, and the 't' value for knowledge was 21.22, indicating that there were significant changes in knowledge but no association between knowledge and demographic variables such as age (6.79), class (3.36), or source of knowledge (5.67) (p < 0.05). Conclusion : The results showed that the educational intervention improved knowledge of nursing informatics among nursing students.