Digital Competency of Newly Graduated Nurses

Abstract

The descriptive study was conducted to examine level of the digital competency and stakeholders satisfaction of the digital competency of newly graduated nurses. The sample were 65 stakeholders of graduated nurse in the 2020 academic year and worked from public and private hospitals. Data were collected by questionnaire. The questionnaire was analyzed content validity. The index of item-objective congruence were 0.53-1.00 the Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient were 084. Descriptive statistics analysis were used in this study.
The result showed that 1) the digital competency of newly graduated nurses was moderate level when separate parts of the digital competency: it was found that the Digital skill with the highest mean (x̅ = 3.35 S.D. = 0.61) followed by the digital literacy (x̅ = 3.07 S.D. = 0.61), the adaptive digital transform in nursing (x̅ = 2.90 S.D. = 0.74) and the problem solving in nursing with digital tools (x̅ = 2.88 S.D. = 0.71) 2) the stakeholders satisfaction of the digital competency of newly graduated nurses was moderate level (x̅ = 3.07, S.D. = 0.70), when separate parts of the satisfaction digital competency it was found that the most satisfaction was digital skill with the highest mean (x̅ = 3.52, S.D. = 0.70), followed by the digital literacy (x̅ = 3.00, S.D. = 0.69), the adaptive digital transform in nursing (x̅ = 2.94, S.D. = 0.96) and the least satisfaction was the problem solving with digital tools (x̅ = 2.82, S.D. = 0.68)