LEVEL OF USAGE AND ACCESSIBILITY OF ICT TOOLS AMONG NURSE EDUCATORS AND NURSING STUDENTS IN IMO STATE UNIVERSITY, OWERRI

Oluchi Anthonia Onyemekara, C.C.N. Vincent, Nkiru Okoroafor, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu*, Adanma Nwagwu Solomon, Anthonia Emesowum, Josephine Egbuchelem and Clementina Ezenwuba

ABSTRACT

This study, ascertained the attitudes and challenges of ICT use and its influence on academic performance of students in department of nursing (DON) IMSU, Orlu campus. The study was a descriptive survey and quasi-experimental research design, having four research questions and three hypotheses. The population of the study comprised 319 nursing students and 25 nurse educators in DON IMSU. The sample size determined by Taro Yamane formula was 195 students and 25 nurse educators. Consequently, the researcher used a pre-test and post-test for checking academic performance. The research questions were answered using mean scores, frequency counts and percentages while the hypotheses were tested using independent samples t-test and simple linear regression on SPSS 26. The major findings are that ICT usage and accessibility level for nursing students was high while the nurse educators were low. And most importantly, that there was a positive influence in the application and integration of ICT in teaching and learning, which definitely translated to improved academic achievement of nursing students.

Keywords: usage and accessibility of ict, nurse educators, nursing students.