The Development of a Mobile Application for Recording Learning Experiences in Nursing Practice
Keywords:
Mobile application, Recording learning experiences, Nursing practiceAbstract
A nurse skills log is a record of nursing students’ learning experiences and practice as they work to develop the skills and competencies required to become a registered nurse. Having a mobile application as the electronic nurse skills log may enhance efficient management. The purpose of this study was to develop a mobile application for recording learning experiences in nursing practice and evaluate its efficiency as well as the users’ satisfaction. Research procedures were divided into three phases: 1) The analysis phase; in which focus group discussion was conducted using a discussion guideline with 10 nursing students and 5 teachers as the participants; 2) The design and development phase, in which the conclusions from the first phase were used as input for experts to design and develop the mobile application and then test it among nursing students; and 3) The evaluation phase, in which the application’s efficiency and users’ satisfaction were evaluated by 237 second-to-fourth-year nursing students. Questionnaires on the efficiency of the mobile application and user’s satisfaction attained content validity indexes of 0.95 and 0.93 and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.90 and 0.80, respectively. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics.
The findings revealed that the designed application consisted of three functions: 1) selecting nursing skill requirements; 2) checking and approval; and 3) reporting on the progression. Overall efficiency of the mobile application was at a high level (M = 4.25, SD = 0.50) while overall satisfaction with the application was also high (M = 4.19, SD = 0.67).
These findings suggest the implementation of this mobile application for recording learning experiences in nursing practice in practicum courses.
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