Nursing informatics competency and its associated factors among palliative care nurses: an online survey in mainland China

• Published in: BMC nursing 2024-03, Vol.23 (1), p.157-157, Article 157
• Main Authors: Guo, Junchen, Liu, Junqingzhao, Liu, Chaoyi, Wang, Ying, Xu, Xianghua, Chen, Yongyi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: China; Clinical competence; Clinical nursing; Computer literacy; Computer organization; Cross-sectional study; Evaluation; Health care reform; Health informatics; Hospitals; Innovations; Investigations; Medical informatics; Methods; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing education; Nursing informatics competency; Palliative care; Palliative treatment; Professionals; Public opinion; Questionnaires; Self-efficacy; Skills; Sociodemographics; Software; Surveys; Technology application
• ISSN: 1472-6955; 1472-6955
• DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-01803-5

Nursing informatics (NI) competency is a required core competency for high-quality care in digitally enabled healthcare environments. Given the increasing reliance on digital health in palliative care settings, it becomes crucial to evaluate the NI competency of nurses to ensure the seamless integration and effective utilization of digital health in their clinical practice. This study aimed to investigate the level of NI competency and explore its associated factors among palliative care nurses in mainland China. A cross-sectional design was conducted for this study, involving a total of 409 palliative care nurses from 302 hospitals in mainland China. Anonymous data were collected through a self-designed sociodemographic questionnaire, the Nursing Informatics Competency Scale (NICS) and the Innovative Self-Efficacy Scale. The total score of the NICS was 129.19 ± 22.02, which indicated that Chinese palliative care nurses had a moderate level of NI competency. There was a positive correlation between innovative self-efficacy and NI competency (r = 0.602, P