J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2016 Aug;22(3):396-407. 10.5977/jkasne.2016.22.2.396.

An Effect of the Application of Educational Electronic Nursing Record System for Nursing Students

• Kim SY
• Lee I
• Kim S
• Kim K
• Park B
• Noh YG

• KMID: 2351010
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2016.22.2.396

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of educational Electronic Nursing Record System in terms of nursing process preparation ability and satisfaction about the system itself.
METHODS
A one group pre-post experimental study design was utilized in this study. The effectiveness of the system was examined through quality of nursing diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes and electronic nursing record system satisfaction inventory. Junior and senior nursing students were the potential study respondents and evaluation instruments were applied only for the one who agreed to participated in the study. Education about nursing process and electronic nursing record system was carried out as part of regular classes and students were guided to prepare nursing process upon the scenarios developed earlier.
RESULTS
29 juniors and 33 seniors prepare nursing process documentation related to each scenario and both groups showed significant improvement upon nursing process documentation (t=7.53, p<.001, t=3.23, p=.003, respectively) compared to paper based nursing process preparation. Satisfaction about system itself was 2.78(0.81).
CONCLUSION
Educational electronic nursing record system seems to be effective to train nursing students for nursing process preparation ability. Effort to enhance its utility are called in the area of education and system itself.

Keyword

Nursing records; Nursing students; Nursing process; Informatics; Personal satisfaction

MeSH Terms

Education
Humans
Informatics
Nursing Diagnosis
Nursing Process
Nursing Records*
Nursing*
Personal Satisfaction
Students, Nursing*
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