A study on nursing informatics competence of clinical nurses: Applying focus group interview / 한국간호교육학회지

ABSTRACT

Purpose@#This study is a content analysis to understand the nursing informatics competence of clinical nurses. @*Methods@#Focus group interviews were used to collect data. Two focus group interviews were held with a total of nine clinical nurses. All interviews were recorded and transcribed. Content analysis was used to analyze data. @*Results@#The five main categories of nursing informatics competence that emerged are 1) software program use, 2) use of nursing information, 3) use of information communication technology in nursing, 4) professional responsibilities and ethics, and 5) active attitudes and recognition. Next, there are three strategies to improve nursing informatics competence 1) organizational approach, 2) opportunity of continuous education, 3) presentation of standards in nursing informatics competence. @*Conclusion@#Further studies such as educational program development and evaluation tool development are necessary. Moreover, there is a need to enhance clinical nurses' nursing informatics competence by using the proposed strategies.