Application of information and communication technologies in nursing care studies

Introduction: new technologies favor the scientific and technical development of society, which is why these must be assimilated into the teaching-learning process by nursing care students. Objective: to characterize the use of information and communication technologies by students of the Degree in Nursing at Pinar del Río University of Medical Sciences between January and March 2018. Methods: observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study of second-academic year students of bachelor degree in nursing care. Theoretical and empirical methods were used. Statistical measures were applied as absolute frequency and relative percentage. Results: it was found that 23.5 % did not have access to any personal computers. Half of the target group said they own a mobile phone with Android or iOS operating system; 59.3 % of the students did not use the institutional Internet network, 23.5 % used it for teaching purposes; 76.5 % reported using lectures and complementary computerized materials for the individual study; 46. 9% used both computers and conventional aids; 12 % of the students expressed they do not find computer-aided learning useful. Conclusions: it was found the application of Information and Communication Technologies in the teaching-learning process is very useful, having a high access; where Smartphone is the most used; there is a poor use of Internet network for the teaching-learning and research processes. Computer-aided learning is widely used to the individual study.