Tung?Cheng Lin
A Computer Literacy Scale for Newly Enrolled Nursing College Students
National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science
background increasing application use information systems mobile technologies healthcare industry require increasing nurse competency computer use computer literacy defined basic computer skills whereas computer competency defined computer skills necessary accomplish job tasks inadequate attention paid computer literacy computer competency scale validity purpose study developed computer literacy scale good reliability validity investigated current computer literacy newly enrolled students develop computer courses appropriate students skill levels needs methods study referenced hinkins process develop computer literacy scale participants newly enrolled firstyear undergraduate students nursing nursingrelated backgrounds currently attending course entitled information literacy internet applications researchers examined reliability validity using confirmatory factor analysis results final version developed computer literacy scale included six constructs software hardware multimedia networks information ethics information security 22measurement items confirmatory factor analysis showed scale possessed good content validity reliability convergent validity discriminant validity study also found participants earned highest scores network domain lowest score hardware domain conclusionsimplications practice increasing use information technology applications courses related hardware topic increased improve nurse problemsolving abilities study recommends emphases word processing networkrelated topics may reduced favor increased emphasis database statistical softwareshospital information systems information ethics