Adoption and Use of Nursing Informatics Among Nurses in Nigeria

Abstract

 The paper examined the adoption and use of nursing informatics among nurses in Nigeria. The paper is a survey research anchored on the positivism research paradigm. The Technology Acceptance model was used to underpin the study. The population of the study is 150 nurses from three purposively selected hospitals in the country. The hospitals were selected because they have necessary ICT resources and human resources to operate nursing informatics technologies. Simple random sampling was used to select 30 nurses from each of the hospitals. Questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. The findings revealed that mobile health technology is the most used nursing informatics and prevention of medical errors is the main reason for using nursing informatics among nurses. Perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use influence the nurses to use the technologies. The study recommended thatthe hospitals managements should make funds available in order to have modern days nursing informatics. Furthermore, in design or making of technologies for nurses’ usability, the technologies should be userfriendly and easy to use for effective medical practices. However, the research joined the discussion and validations of TAM and nursing informatics in the context of Nigeria. According to the researchers’ understanding, this study  appears to be the first of its sort to examine TAM and nursing informatics in Nigeria. The study also adds to the body of knowledge and offers new information on the significance of nursing informatics for decision-makers in Nigerian healthcare facilities.