Acceptance of Digital Health Care Technology and the Role of Nursing Education

Abstract

Background: As digital health care technology develops, the use of technology in the nursing field has become an essential part of nursing education. However, few studies have linked nurses' awareness of digital health care with nursing education. This study examines the direct effects and mediating effects of factors in technology acceptance on nurses' intention to accept digital health care technology.

Method: To empirically investigate these relationships, a survey was conducted among nurses in South Korea.

Results: This study emphasizes the importance of a multifaceted approach that considers personal, organizational, and innovation-related factors in understanding nurses' intentions toward acceptance of digital health care technologies.

Conclusion: The findings confirm that performance expectancy and facilitating conditions play crucial roles in nurses' acceptance of digital health care technologies. The mediating effects of performance expectancy and facilitating conditions on intentions to accept technologies suggest that these factors can also play vital indirect roles. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2024;55(12):575-587.].