Pattern of Internet Use by Iranian Nursing Students. Facilitators and Barriers/ Patron de uso de la tecnologia del Internet en estudiantes iranies de enfermeria. Facilitadores y barreras/ Padrao de uso da tecnologia da Internet em estudantes iranianos de enfermagem. Facilitadores e barreiras

Objective. To evaluate the pattern of internet use and factors that facilitate or dissuade its use among nursing students from a university in Urmia, Iran. Methods. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted with 162 nursing students selected through simple random sampling. Results. The find...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Investigación y educación en enfermería 2019-05, Vol.37 (2)
Hauptverfasser: Shirazi, Fatemeh, Heidari, Shiva, Fard, Sorur Javanmardi, Ghodsbin, Fariba
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Objective. To evaluate the pattern of internet use and factors that facilitate or dissuade its use among nursing students from a university in Urmia, Iran. Methods. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted with 162 nursing students selected through simple random sampling. Results. The findings indicated that 49.1% of the students used the internet from 15 to 60 min per day. The principal use of the internet was to search for scientific content in the Web. Factors that facilitated internet use were "ease of use" and "Access to experts to solve problems and answer questions", while the dissuasive factors were "lack of concentration", "cost of internet services", and preference for information provided by professors or available directly in textbooks. Internet use by the students was related with the use of this tool in classroom activities and with English fluency. Conclusion. Students have an internet use pattern aimed at self-study that should be strengthened with knowledge of English, assignments online, familiarization with the use of electronic databases, and other strategies to motivate them to use this technology with greater frequency. Descriptors: computers; cross-sectional studies; information technology; information storage and retrieval; Internet; students, nursing. Objetivo. Evaluar el patron de uso del Internet y los factores que facilitan o disuaden su uso entre los estudiantes de enfermeria de una universidad en Urmia, Iran. Metodos. Se realizo un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal en 162 estudiantes de enfermeria seleccionados a traves de un muestreo aleatorio simple. Resultados. Los hallazgos indicaron que el 49.1 % de los estudiantes usaron Internet de 15 a 60 minutos por dia. El principal uso del Internet fue la busqueda de contenido cientifico en la Web. Los factores que facilitaron el uso de internet fueron la "facilidad de uso" y el "acceso a expertos para resolver problemas y responder preguntas", mientras que los factores disuasivos fueron la "falta de concentracion", el "costo de los servicios de Internet" y la preferencia por la informacion suministrada por profesores o disponible directamente en los libros. El uso del Internet por los estudiantes estuvo relacionado con empleo de esta herramienta en las actividades del salon de clase y con el dominio del idioma ingles. Conclusion. Los estudiantes tienen un patron de uso del Internet encaminado al auto-estudio que debe fortalecerse en conocimiento del idioma ingles,
ISSN:0120-5307
DOI:10.17533/udea.iee.v37n2e06.