Ergin Eda, Yalcinkaya Turgay, Cinar Yucel Sebnem
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Fundamentals of Nursing, İzmir Bakırçay University, İzmir, Türkiye, Türkiye.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Sinop University, Sinop, Türkiye.
BMC Nurs. 2024 Jun 20;23(1):414. doi: 10.1186/s12912-024-02048-y.
The metaverse is a new and developing technology used in the field of healthcare. The perception of future explains time as a psychological phenomenon rather than a physical one. This study aimed to determine nurses' thoughts of the metaverse and their perceptions of future.
The study in which the cross-sectional descriptive design was used was conducted with nurses working in a hospital in Trkiye from September 2022 to December 2022. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 374 nurses who were chosen using the convenience sampling method. Personal Identification Form, Metaverse Scale (MS) and Future Time Perspective Scale (FTPS) were used to collect data. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows 25.0 program was used to analyse the data.
The findings revealed that 81.6% of the nurses believed that they could provide patient education using the metaverse in the future, whereas 46% believed that they could do virtual nursing. The mean scores obtained from the FTPS and MS by the nurses were 3.45 (SD = 0.37) and 3.74 (SD = 0.56), respectively. There was a weak positive relationship between perception of future, and knowledge of, attitudes towards and awareness of the metaverse (r = 0.157, p = 0.002), and a weak, positive relationship between internet use duration and MS (r = 0.169, p = 0.001).
This study underscores the potential of the metaverse in nursing, revealing that nurses are optimistic about its application in patient education and virtual care. We recommend the development of specialized training programs to equip nurses with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively utilize the metaverse in healthcare settings.
元宇宙是一种新兴且不断发展的技术，应用于医疗保健领域。对未来的认知将时间解释为一种心理现象而非物理现象。本研究旨在确定护士对元宇宙的看法及其对未来的认知。
本研究采用横断面描述性设计，于2022年9月至2022年12月对土耳其一家医院的护士进行。采用便利抽样法选取374名护士进行面对面访谈。使用个人身份识别表、元宇宙量表（MS）和未来时间观量表（FTPS）收集数据。使用Windows 25.0版社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）对数据进行分析。
研究结果显示，81.6%的护士认为他们未来可以使用元宇宙进行患者教育，而46%的护士认为他们可以进行虚拟护理。护士从FTPS和MS获得的平均得分分别为3.45（标准差=0.37）和3.74（标准差=0.56）。对未来的认知与对元宇宙的了解、态度和意识之间存在弱正相关（r=0.157，p=0.002），互联网使用时长与MS之间存在弱正相关（r=0.169，p=0.001）。
本研究强调了元宇宙在护理中的潜力，表明护士对其在患者教育和虚拟护理中的应用持乐观态度。我们建议开发专门的培训项目，使护士具备在医疗环境中有效利用元宇宙所需的技能和知识。
