Croatian Nursing Journal, Vol. 8 No. 1, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24141/2/8/1/1
Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Telenursing
Snježana Čukljek
orcid.org/0000-0002-6435-5818
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
*
Biljana Kurtović
orcid.org/0000-0001-9669-9829
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Marija Hošnjak
orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-3104
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Sanja Ledinski
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Smrekar
orcid.org/0000-0001-9346-4362
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Janko Babić
; University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Introduction. Telenursing, a subset of telehealth, is the use of information technology and telecommunications to provide remote nursing care. Telemedicine is used for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment, symptom management and monitoring of the patient’s condition. Telenursing also enables counseling and patient education.
Aim. To determine the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students towards telenursing.
Methods. The cross-sectional study was conducted involving nursing students from University of Applied Health Sciences Zagreb during June 2023. A link to web-based survey was sent to students, and 140 students completed it. The survey used in the research included demographic data, data related to telemedicine and telenursing education, and 16 statements related to telenursing.
Results. Most participants didn’t listen to lectures on telenursing (66.4%) or telemedicine (50.7%) during their studies. More than 89% of participants believe that education on the application of telenursing would be useful for future nursing bachelors, and more than 83% of participants believe that the knowledge of healthcare workers and patients can influence the use of telemedicine and telenursing in patient care. The majority of participants (N=91; 65%) believe that a video conference call cannot re- place a live visit to a patient, but they also believe that telenursing can ensure greater availability of care for patients (N=82; 58.6%). The majority of participants (N=72; 51.5%) believe that telenursing can be applied in the care of almost all groups of patients.
Conclusions. Students have mostly positive attitudes regarding the possibility of using telenursing, but they are undecided regarding the advantages of telenursing. A lack of knowledge and wrong beliefs related to the beginning of the application of telenursing, advantages and possibilities of using telenursing in health practice were observed. Including more content related to telenursing in student education can improve students’ knowledge and attitudes.
Keywords
telenursing, attitudes, students
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317728
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Publication date:
6.6.2024.
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