Utilization of Mobile Technology for Knowledge Update among Nurses in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Osun State, Nigeria
Utilization of Mobile Technology for Knowledge Update among Nurses in Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings in Osun State, Nigeria
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2015-09
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Abubakar, A. R.
Garba, S.N.
Balarabe, F.
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In spite of the need to continuously update their knowledge, Nigerian nurses face numerous challenges in updating their knowledge. These challenges notwithstanding, the nurses still have a professional obligation for safe practice supported by up-to-date knowledge which mobile technology has great potentials to provide. This study examined the utilization of mobile technology among nurses in primary and secondary healthcare settings in Osun State.It is a descriptive design in which 15 primary and 5 secondary healthcare facilities in Osun State were involved. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to select266 nurses in Osun State. A self-administered pre-tested questionnaire with 47 close-ended questions and 2 open-ended questions was used to collect the data. The Cronbach alpha reliability co-efficient of α=0.73 was achieved for the instrument. There was 56% response rate. The results showed that the level of nurses’ knowledge in the States was average( 48.0%). There was high adoption of mobile technology among the nurses in Osun State, particularly mobile phone(100%) and laptop PC(72.3%).The nurses’ main driving force for the use of mobile technology was general knowledge update (35.8%) and the main factors restricting respondents from the use of mobile technology were lack of appropriate mobile technology, unreliable connection to the network and too many work demands.
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Utilization of Mobile Technology,, Knowledge Update,, Nurses,, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Settings,, Osun State, Nigeria,