Hero Khezri|Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda
Assessing nurses’ informatics competency and identifying its related factors
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences|Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
due increasing use informatics infrastructure developing quality care patient safety informatics competency become crucial requirement nursesthis study conducted assess nursing informatics competency identify related factors registered nursesthis research analytical descriptive study research community included 205 nurses working tabriz university medical sciences hospitals researchermade questionnaire developed data collection tool 98 data entered spss16 software correlation analysis regression carried outthe mean score percentage total nursing informatics competency 5992 highest mean score related informatics skills 6298 followed informatics knowledge subscale 59 addition informatics competency positively correlated selfefficacy r 027 p 0001 evidencebased practice r 055 p 0001 time spent hospital information systems r 016 p 001computer skills selfefficacy evidencebased practice time spent hospital information systems determinant factors nurses informatics competency developing nurses basic computer skills incorporating informatics education programmes curriculum enhance nurses informatics competency