Preparation of nursing students in nursing informatics competencies for the South African healthcare practice environment.

Background: Rapid technology advancements highlight the importance for nursing education to prepare competent nurses in informatics and technology integrated practice. This study examined nursing informatics in an undergraduate curriculum and competency levels at a selected South African university.

Method: A survey measured nursing informatics competencies among undergraduate nursing students using the TANIC© nursing informatics scale.

A Survey of Nurse Informatics Competencies of Professional Nurses in Clinical Practice Public Hospitals in South Africa.

Unlabelled: Competence in Nursing Informatics (NI), is vital for efficient nursing care in today's technologically-enabled healthcare environment. In South Africa, little is known on the competence of professional nurses in clinical practice in nursing informatics.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional descriptive survey to examine self-rated competence in nursing informatics among 205 nurses in clinical practice across two hospitals in the Western Cape.

Nursing informatics skills relevance and competence for final year nursing students.

Background:  The increasing use of technology in nursing practice requires nursing students to be competent in nursing informatics with an attitude of acceptance of technology in the healthcare environment.

Objectives:  The objectives of the study were to determine final year nursing students' perceptions and skills in nursing informatics and their attitudes towards computerisation in nursing practice.

Method:  The study population were 198 final year nursing students from a selected university in the Western Cape, South Africa.

A cross-sectional survey to compare the competence of learners registered for the Baccalaureus Curationis programme using different learning approaches at the University of the Western Cape.

The purpose of the study was to compare the extent to which the different teaching approaches applied in the Baccalaureus Curationis programme adequately prepare graduating learners for professional competence. The research methodology was a quantitative approach, based on descriptive research, with a clinical competence development model to guide the data collection procedure. The target population of the study included a sample of 250 learners in the four-year B.