Investigation on the acceptance of a mobile nursing application of clinical nurses and analysis of influencing factors

Objective To investigate the status quo of a mobile nursing application acceptance of nurses, and analyze the influencing factors, so as to promote the application of a mobile nursing APP in clinic. Methods On the principle of convenience sampling, 1207 participants from Shandong province were recruited to complete the self-designed questionnaire, including demographic data, smartphone use behavior and acceptance evaluation of the mobile nursing APP. Results Average score of nurses' acceptance of a mobile nursing APP was 4.16±0.69. Multiple regression results showed that duty, use experience, recognition, smartphone self-efficacy and daily use time were the main factors affecting the acceptance of a mobile nursing APP for nurses (t value was -7.132-22.678, P<0.05 or 0.01) and explained 39.1% of the total variation of the acceptance of mobile nursing app (P<0.01). Conclusions The acceptability of mobile nursing APP of clinical nurses is at a medium and high level, and it is influenced by the use experience, smartphone self-efficacy and other aspects, suggesting that nursing managers attach importance to the behavioral differences of nurses in using a mobile nursing APP. Key words: Nurses; Mobile nursing APP; Acceptance