NURSING STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE DELIVERY AT FEDERAL UNIERSITY BIRNIN KEBBI
Abstract
Introductionhealthcare system. Appropriate technologies offer solutions to improve healthcare services at affordable costs. The emergence of new biomedical, bioengineering, and digital technologies is transforming healthcare, but these innovations also consume a significant portion of health budgets.Technological innovations, including wearable devices, information technology systems, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things (IoT), are reshaping healthcare operations and business models.Objectives: The objectives of the study wasto assess the knowledge of 200, 300, 400, and 500-level nursing students at Federal University Birnin Kebbi regarding the role of technology in healthcare delivery, including information technology, to explore the attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of nursing students about the benefits and challenges of integrating technology into healthcare delivery and to examine the statistically significant association between nursing students' level of knowledge on the role of technology in healthcare delivery and their selected socio-demographic characteristics. Methodology and Methods:descriptive cross-sectional survey design to explore nursing students' perspectives on the role of technology in healthcare delivery at Federal University Birnin Kebbi,A census sampling technique was used to cover 172 students from academic levels 200 (47 students), 300 (45 students), 400 (41 students), and 500 level (39 students). Data was collected using self-structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive, and inferential statistics with the aid of IBM SPSS Statistics version 27.0. Result: The findings showed that, 68 (39.5%) had moderate level of knowledge, 74 (43%) had high level of knowledge, and 30 (17.4%) had a very high level of knowledge regarding the role of technology in healthcare, majority of the respondents 150 (87.2%) had positive attitudes while 22 (12.8%) have negative attitudes toward the integration of technology in healthcare and there was neither statistically significant association nor linear relationship between their level of knowledge regarding the role of technology in healthcare with their selected sociodemographic variables such as age, gender and academic levels. Conclusion: The study showed that, majority of the respondents are females, and had high level of knowledge regarding the role of technology in healthcare delivery. Majority of the participants of the study had positive attitudes and beliefs regarding role of technology in healthcare delivery . And there was no statistically significant association between their level of knowledge regarding role of technology in healthcare delivery with their selected sociodemographic variables (age, gender, marital status and level of study.
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