Purpose: This study examined perceptions and intentions of nursing undergraduates to use educational mobile applications for clinical nursing-practice training.
Methods: Participants were 189 junior and senior nursing undergraduates from 14 Korean un...
Purpose: This study examined perceptions and intentions of nursing undergraduates to use educational mobile applications for clinical nursing-practice training.
Methods: Participants were 189 junior and senior nursing undergraduates from 14 Korean universities, experienced in clinical practice and educational nursing mobile applications. Using a convenience sampling method, the questionnaire was Sim’s Perceptions and Intentions tool. Statistical analyses were conducted by t-test, one-way ANOVA, correlation, and multiple regression analysis with SPSS 22.0 Windows software.
Results: Statistically significant differences emerged between those who used smartphones for more than 4 hours (18.56 ± 4.58) and less than 2 hours (15.84 ± 4.35) per day (F = 3.25, p = .041). Perception and intention of educational-applications use correlated positively (r = .723, p < .001). Performance expectancy (β = .225, p = .002), attitude toward technology (β = .446, p < .001), facilitating condition (β = .132, p = .022), and self-efficacy (β = .168, p = .008) were statistically significant predictors of intention to use educational mobile applications (Adjusted R2 =.616, p < .001).
Conclusion: Attitude toward using technology, performance expectancy, and self-efficacy will improve use of nursing educational mobile applications for clinical nursing-practice training. Developers should consider students’ experience in clinical-nursing practice and readiness to use mobile technology.