The impact of advance mobile devices and computer skills on knowledge and practices among post RN nursing students

Introduction: The objective of this study was to explore the impact of advance mobile devices and computer skills on knowledge and practices among Post RN Nursing students.

Material And Methods: A sample of 40 students of Post RN BSc Nursing was recruited for this study. A written questionnaire was given to the participants to collect data. Descriptive analysis was carried out with SPSS to analyze the relationship between the variables.

Results: The results showed that 75% students have internet facility, whereas only 25% don’t have internet access. Despite of this problem still 12.5% of the participants were using their computers, internet and mobile devices to make the assignments. On the other hand, 87.5% students did never use computers and IT for their studies. 5% of the participants don’t use computer for studies whereas, 22.5% of the participants were using computers for study purposes once in a week. On the other hand, the percentages of the participants who were using computer twice a week were 47.5%. Therefore, it is concluded that only 25% students were using computers for studies.

Conclusion: The Post RN Students were the future mentors, teachers, and supervisors for the new comers. So, they there is an impact of advance mobile devices and computer skills on knowledge and practices among Post RN Nursing.