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Nursing Informatics Competencies: Assessment Of Undergraduate And Graduate Nursing Students, Jeungok Choi, J. De Martinis
Nursing Informatics Competencies: Assessment Of Undergraduate And Graduate Nursing Students, Jeungok Choi, J. De Martinis
Jeungok Choi
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Comparative Assessment Of Informatics Competencies In Three Undergraduate Programs, Jeungok Choi
Comparative Assessment Of Informatics Competencies In Three Undergraduate Programs, Jeungok Choi
Jeungok Choi
This study was conducted to determine and compare the informatics competencies of students in three undergraduate tracks: Traditional Pre-Licensure, Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), and Accelerated BSN. Data were collected from 131 students in fall 2011 using a 30-item Self-Assessment of Nursing Informatics Competencies Scale. Scale scores indicated that RN to BSN (mean=3.21) and Accelerated BSN (mean=3.01) students were competent in informatics, but not Traditional Pre-Licensure students (mean=2.82). Comparison of competency scores by track reveal that RN to BSN and Traditional Pre-Licensure students differed significantly in overall informatics competency (F(2, 92)=4.31, p=.02). This difference may …