Shifting from conventional nursing care to telenursing amidst COVID-19 pandemic : perceptions of nursing students at Cavite State University in rendering care to future patients / by Qelaine Ann M. Pia, Noreen Jed A. Somine, and Kyra T. Torrente.

Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) Cavite State University.

Includes bibliographical references.

College of Nursing (CoN) - Department of Nursing.

PIA, QELAINE ANN M., SOMINE, NOREEN JED A., TORRENTE, KYRA T. Shifting from Conventional Nursing Care to Telenursing Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic: Perceptions of Nursing Students at Cavite State University in Rendering Care to Future Patients. Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. June 2022. Adviser: Prof. Nenita B. Panaligan RN, MAN
The study was conducted from March 2021 to June 2022 at College of Nursing Cavite State University students to assess the perceptions of nursing students towards shifting from conventional nursing care to telenursing amidst COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the study aimed to: determine the overall perceptions of nursing students towards shifting from conventional care into telenursing in terms of a) knowledge b) skills c) attitude; identify the possible advantages and disadvantages of conventional nursing care and telenursing as perceived by the respondents in terms of a) quality of care, b) safety of both patient and nurse and c) convenience of service; distinguish the differences in the perception of the nursing students to conventional nursing care when they are grouped according to their demographic profile in terms of a) age, b) sex c) year level; distinguish the differences in the perception of the nursing students to telenursing in terms of a) knowledge b) skills c) attitude when they are grouped according to age, sex, and year level.
A quantitative comparative research design was applied as the type of research design to use. The respondents were nursing students who were the ones to use and practice telenursing and provide it to future patients in the future delivery of nursing care. There was a total of 174 respondents. The majority of the respondents were 21 to 22 years old, female and mostly belonged to level two strata. Majority of the respondents strongly agreed which implies that the quality of care in both conventional nursing care and telenursing is undeniably quality and beneficial.
In terms of safety, the majority of the respondents strongly agreed that it both allows nurses to provide the safest and most effective therapy regimen, lessens the likelihood of diagnostic- therapeutic mistakes and malpractice lawsuits and ensuring the patients and nurses safety, and allows patients to communicate with nurses on a regular basis in order to keep them informed and intervene on their health status. In terms of convenience, the majority of the respondents agreed that conventional and telenursing care keeps both patient and nurses at low risk of virus transmission, postponements, refuse medical treatment and cancel appointments is reduced, easy access on care such as saving time, money, and effort, provides nursing care at most convenient time for both patient and nurse, and nursing care can be performed from the comfort of one's home, available to people living in rural and urban areas. Furthermore, the respondents agreed with all the statements under the knowledge, skills and attitude competencies. In terms of knowledge, the respondents revealed that telenursing mediates understanding to technical advances in providing care but in contrary the BSN Students at Cavite State University-Main Campus were not aware that telenursing would address the nurse's shortage and scarcity of health care services. Moreover, in terms of skills, the majority of the respondents perceived that developing telenursing skills may enable future healthcare providers to provide safe and competent care in a highly technical and digital environment. However, the result revealed the some of the BSN students were not confident in having the skills in the information and communication technology required in telenursing. Furthermore, in terms of attitude, majority of the respondents perceived that telenursing would enhance communication and coordination between nurses and other disciplines.
In general, the profiles are not significant in determining differences in all the Nursing Care Indicators for both conventional and telenursing approaches. As a result, the study recommends that nursing schools should incorporate telenursing into their undergraduate curricula, as it would broaden their knowledge, skills and influence their attitudes.
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Submitted to the University Library March 2, 2023 T-9580