title: Nursing undergraduates' technical competence in informatics.
abstract: Nurses in the information age need to build their knowledge and abilities in order to be competent in this area. The objective of this study was to verify the knowledge of nursing freshmen (1st semester) and seniors (8th semester) registered in 2008 and 2007, respectively, regarding their ability to use informatics resources. This is a non-experimental, descriptive, exploratory survey. Data collection was performed using a questionnaire based on a set of competences in informatics. The results revealed a low rate of informatics knowledge among the freshmen. However, regarding the applications that students had the most difficulty to operate, between the two periods, seniors had the worst performance, which shows it is necessary to include computer classes in the preparation of these new professional, in order to prepare them for the work market.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nathalia Santos da
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Danielle Karen Socorro
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernardes
authors.forename: Carmen Silvia
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Marta Cristiane Alves
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Yolanda Dora Martinez
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Evora
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D048108:Nursing Informatics; D011361:Professional Competence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires