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Service Priorities and Programmes Free Papers
SPP2.2 Staff Empowerment 13:15 Room 221
Monday, 18 May Mobile-learning Adoption by Nurse Students as a Way of Nursing Staff Empowerment
Cheng TW
School of General Nursing, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Introduction
Staff empowerment is defined as a process through which nursing staff gains greater control over decisions and actions
of their daily work. Mobile-learning (m-learning) refers to learning by using mobile devices including mobile phones, iPads,
and laptop computers with internet access via the school Wi-Fi network and one’s own internet service providers. Perceived
usefulness and ease of use positively influence one’s intention to adopt m-learning and contributes to increase staff’s control
over their daily work, including administration of medications, and e-patient records in possible future.
Objectives
(1) Perceived usefulness positively influences intention to adopt m-learning; (2) perceived ease of use positively influences
intention to adopt m-learning; (3) m-learning adoption enhances effectiveness and job performance; and (4) m-learning
adoption increases staff’s control over their daily work.
Methodology
Convenient sampling method was adopted. Self-feedback questionnaires using five-point Likert Scale (1: strongly disagree,
2: disagree, 3: neutral, 4: agree, and 5: strongly agree) were distributed to 100 year-one and 93 year-two nurse students from
Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE). 164 questionnaires were collected. Microsoft Statistical Package
for the Social Sciences (IBM SPSS Statistics 20) was used for statistical analysis. Results were put into mean ± standard
deviations. The significant level was p<0.05, with 80% level of confidence.
Results
Theme of m-learning including usefulness (3.8±0.8) and ease of use (3.9 ± 0.8) were evaluated. M-learning increased
effectiveness (3.7±0.7); and increased job performance (3.6±0.7); students had the knowledge (3.9±0.8) and resources for
m-learning (3.6±0.8); students intended to adopt m-learning for educational purposes (3.9±0.8) were agreed. The challenges
of internet speed well-supported m-learning (3.1±1.0); technical assistance available for using m-learning (3.3±0.8); and
students preferred m-learning over other mediums of learning (3.1±0.9) were disagreed.
Outcomes
Limited internet speed, small screen size, small storage, short battery life, lack of data input capability were challenges
needed to be overcome. Increase internet speed for running m-learning would be expected; technical assistance should be
available and accessible in future; and m-learning would be widely used as one of the ways of staff empowerment.
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