Department of Information Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences.
J Nurs Res. 2011 Dec;19(4):305-17. doi: 10.1097/JNR.0b013e318236d03f.
Increasing application and use of information systems and mobile technologies in the healthcare industry require increasing nurse competency in computer use. Computer literacy is defined as basic computer skills, whereas computer competency is defined as the computer skills necessary to accomplish job tasks. Inadequate attention has been paid to computer literacy and computer competency scale validity.
This study developed a computer literacy scale with good reliability and validity and investigated the current computer literacy of newly enrolled students to develop computer courses appropriate to students' skill levels and needs.
This study referenced Hinkin's process to develop a computer literacy scale. Participants were newly enrolled first-year undergraduate students, with nursing or nursing-related backgrounds, currently attending a course entitled Information Literacy and Internet Applications. Researchers examined reliability and validity using confirmatory factor analysis.
The final version of the developed computer literacy scale included six constructs (software, hardware, multimedia, networks, information ethics, and information security) and 22 measurement items. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the scale possessed good content validity, reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. This study also found that participants earned the highest scores for the network domain and the lowest score for the hardware domain.
CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: With increasing use of information technology applications, courses related to hardware topic should be increased to improve nurse problem-solving abilities. This study recommends that emphases on word processing and network-related topics may be reduced in favor of an increased emphasis on database, statistical software, hospital information systems, and information ethics.
信息系统和移动技术在医疗保健行业中的应用和使用不断增加，这要求护士在计算机使用方面的能力不断提高。计算机素养被定义为基本的计算机技能，而计算机能力则被定义为完成工作任务所需的计算机技能。人们对计算机素养和计算机能力量表的有效性关注不足。
本研究开发了一个具有良好信度和效度的计算机素养量表，并调查了新入学学生的当前计算机素养水平，以开发适合学生技能水平和需求的计算机课程。
本研究参考了 Hinkin 的方法来开发计算机素养量表。参与者为护理或护理相关背景的一年级本科新生，目前正在参加一门名为“信息素养和互联网应用”的课程。研究人员使用验证性因子分析来检验可靠性和有效性。
开发的计算机素养量表的最终版本包括六个构念（软件、硬件、多媒体、网络、信息伦理和信息安全）和 22 个测量项目。验证性因子分析表明，该量表具有良好的内容效度、信度、收敛效度和区分效度。本研究还发现，参与者在网络领域的得分最高，在硬件领域的得分最低。
结论/对实践的启示：随着信息技术应用的不断增加，应增加与硬件主题相关的课程，以提高护士的问题解决能力。本研究建议减少对文字处理和网络相关主题的重视，增加数据库、统计软件、医院信息系统和信息伦理方面的重视。
