Assessment of social media usage for nursing education among nursing students in school of health sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Date
2022-06
Authors
Setia, Marlysa Mohd
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Social media usage among nursing students is quite common in this new era.
The existence of social media does help nursing students in seeking and sharing
knowledge especially in nursing education. A descriptive cross-sectional study was
conducted on 299 of respondents recruited. A validated questionnaire was given to all
the respondents that fit with the inclusion criteria. Then, the data was analysed using
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 26.0. The general
objective of the study was to examine the social media usage for nursing education
among nursing students in School of Health Sciences, USM. Descriptive statistic was
used to describe socio-demographic characteristic, generalities use of the social media,
use of social media and attitude towards social media. Pearson’s Chi-Square was used
to analyse the association between programme study (Degree and Diploma) and the
average time of social media usage 100% of nursing students used social media. The
mostly used the types of social media which were YouTube (70.25%), WhatsApp
(38.1), others (27.4%) and Instagram (27.1%). The average time of social media usage
was more than 3 hours (49.2%). This study also shown there was no association
between programme study (Degree and Diploma) and average time of social media
usage. In a conclusion, the nursing students (Degree and Diploma) in USM used social
media for nursing education purposes.
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Education , Nursing