Content Validation of and Evaluation of an Electronic Nursing Process Documentation Form for Usefulness in Low Resource Nigerian Hospitals
Introduction: Paper-aided nursing documentation is cumbersome to navigate and requires large spaces for document storage. Electronic nursing process documentation solutions which are optimized to address paper-based documentation inefficiencies are limited in Nigerian hospitals. The Electronic Nurs...
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Introduction: Paper-aided nursing documentation is cumbersome to navigate and requires large spaces for document storage. Electronic nursing process documentation solutions which are optimized to address paper-based documentation inefficiencies are limited in Nigerian hospitals. The Electronic Nursing Process Form (ENPF) is a digital nursing documentation solution designed in 2023. This study examined the content validity and evaluated the perceived usefulness of the ENPF in seven Nigerian Tertiary Hospitals. Materials and Methods: A multi-facility multi-method design was applied. A panel of nine (9) experts was purposively selected for the content validation process comprising five (5) professors of computer engineering and four (4) professors of nursing science. The evaluation for perceived usefulness was done by a random sample of 872 nurses who compared the ENPF to the traditional pen and paper approach after using each method for seven days. A content relevance checklist, the Perceived Usefulness Scale, and a feedback form were used for data collection. Results: On validation, the Agreement Index between experts (Content Validity Index) was 87.5%. The ENPF was perceived to have better usefulness than paper-aided documentation (3.46 vs. 3.03, p < 0.001). No significant associations were found between perceived usefulness of the ENPF and age, job experience, or academic qualification (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The ENPF had acceptable validity and perceived usefulness than paper-aided documentation. The ENPF is potentially useful in streamlining nursing documentation if deployed in low resource Nigerian Hospitals after large scale trials.
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| spelling | doaj-art-16e0190d8b414506abe0ad596b607cb22025-01-05T20:06:56ZengIuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-NapocaApplied Medical Informatics2067-78552024-12-01464Content Validation of and Evaluation of an Electronic Nursing Process Documentation Form for Usefulness in Low Resource Nigerian HospitalsChinemerem ELEKE0Ada NWANERI1Anthonia CHINWEUBA2Samuel SAMUEL3Chitoo OSUORAH4University of Port HarcourtDepartment of Nursing Science, University of Nigeria, Enugu CampusDepartment of Nursing Science, University of Nigeria, Enugu CampusDepartment of Child Health, Africa Centre of Excellence for Public Health & Toxicological Research, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, NigeriaDepartment of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu Introduction: Paper-aided nursing documentation is cumbersome to navigate and requires large spaces for document storage. Electronic nursing process documentation solutions which are optimized to address paper-based documentation inefficiencies are limited in Nigerian hospitals. The Electronic Nursing Process Form (ENPF) is a digital nursing documentation solution designed in 2023. This study examined the content validity and evaluated the perceived usefulness of the ENPF in seven Nigerian Tertiary Hospitals. Materials and Methods: A multi-facility multi-method design was applied. A panel of nine (9) experts was purposively selected for the content validation process comprising five (5) professors of computer engineering and four (4) professors of nursing science. The evaluation for perceived usefulness was done by a random sample of 872 nurses who compared the ENPF to the traditional pen and paper approach after using each method for seven days. A content relevance checklist, the Perceived Usefulness Scale, and a feedback form were used for data collection. Results: On validation, the Agreement Index between experts (Content Validity Index) was 87.5%. The ENPF was perceived to have better usefulness than paper-aided documentation (3.46 vs. 3.03, p < 0.001). No significant associations were found between perceived usefulness of the ENPF and age, job experience, or academic qualification (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The ENPF had acceptable validity and perceived usefulness than paper-aided documentation. The ENPF is potentially useful in streamlining nursing documentation if deployed in low resource Nigerian Hospitals after large scale trials. https://ami.info.umfcluj.ro/index.php/AMI/article/view/1062ComputersDocumentationElectronicsNursing processTertiary care centres |
| spellingShingle | Chinemerem ELEKE Ada NWANERI Anthonia CHINWEUBA Samuel SAMUEL Chitoo OSUORAH Content Validation of and Evaluation of an Electronic Nursing Process Documentation Form for Usefulness in Low Resource Nigerian Hospitals Applied Medical Informatics Computers Documentation Electronics Nursing process Tertiary care centres |
| title | Content Validation of and Evaluation of an Electronic Nursing Process Documentation Form for Usefulness in Low Resource Nigerian Hospitals |
| title_full | Content Validation of and Evaluation of an Electronic Nursing Process Documentation Form for Usefulness in Low Resource Nigerian Hospitals |
| title_fullStr | Content Validation of and Evaluation of an Electronic Nursing Process Documentation Form for Usefulness in Low Resource Nigerian Hospitals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Content Validation of and Evaluation of an Electronic Nursing Process Documentation Form for Usefulness in Low Resource Nigerian Hospitals |
| title_short | Content Validation of and Evaluation of an Electronic Nursing Process Documentation Form for Usefulness in Low Resource Nigerian Hospitals |
| title_sort | content validation of and evaluation of an electronic nursing process documentation form for usefulness in low resource nigerian hospitals |
| topic | Computers Documentation Electronics Nursing process Tertiary care centres |
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