Nurses' perception and practice of technological competency as caring in nursing in emergency nurses of hospitals affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Introduction: Emergency department nurses must have communication, managerial, educational and technological skills. Technological competence is knowledge, skill and ability to use technology optimally. When introducing and using technology in nursing, there is a danger that the focus will be too much on technology over patient care. This issue is more important in emergency department which requires quality care to save human life. This study was conducted with the aim of determining nurses' perception and practice of technological competency as nursing care and its predictive factors in emergency nurses of hospitals affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Methodology: In this correlational-descriptive research, 218 nurses working in the emergency department of medical education centers in Tabriz were included in the research by random proportional sampling method. The data was collected using the instruments of nurses' perception and practice of technological competency as nursing care. The analysis of research data was done at two levels of descriptive and correlational statistics. Independent t-test, analysis of variance and Pearson correlation were used in SPSS version 26 to investigate the relationship between perception and practice score with individual and social variables. Results: The average age of the nurses was 36.77 ± 7.92 and most of the nurses were female (55%). The mean and standard deviation of comprehension and performance scores were 138.13±16.19 and 134.97±15.27, respectively. According to the results, for one unit increase in practice, perception has increased significantly by 0.764 units. Conclusion: The average score of perception and practice of technological competency as nursing care was not satisfactory. The significant statistical relationship between these two concepts helps that by strengthening each of these concepts, it can be effective in the development of the other concept as well.