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Social Networking Sites Utilization, Perceived Benefits and Potential for Improving Study Habits among Nursing Students in Five Countries
Glenn Ford D. Valdez
Ministry of Health Oman
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Background: The abundance of easy and accessible information and fast developing social networking sites (SNS) have proven the world is small and within reach. The great implication of this interconnectedness can be somehow attributed to the change in the learning and sharing environment, for the most part, something a classroom is lacking, and considering the potential implication of SNS in nursing education reveals that the benefit allows the students to communicate and interact with a wider audience and beyond the classroom. The aim of this study is to identify the extent of SNS utilization, the perceived benefits and the potential for improving study habits of nursing students in five countries (Israel, Iraq, Oman, Philippines and Turkey).
Methods: The study is a quantitative cross-sectional study that determined the relationship between the utilization of SNS, the perceived benefits of SNS, and the potential for improving study habits among nursing students in the five participating countries (Israel, Iraq, Oman, Philippines, and Turkey). The basis of this paper is the careful analysis survey of responses from a sample of 1,137 students from an online hosting site. The online instrument focuses on the extent of utilization and benefits of SNS according to their accessibility, usability, efficiency and reliability.
Results: Our findings, in correlation using Pearson’s r, reveals a significant positive correlation between the extent of possibly improving study habits and the extent of utilization of SNS in terms of the four domains, namely, accessibility (r=0.246), usability (r=0.377), reliability (r=0.287) and efficiency (r=0.387).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that a significant positive correlation between students’ study habits and the extent of utilization of SNS, meaning that the more students devote themselves to study habits, the higher the level of SNS utilization. There are positive and negative implications in using SNS among nursing students, and there is greater potential in further improving the approaches to nursing education through adaptation of curricula based around the proper utilization of SNS.
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social networking sites, nursing students, study habits, SNS benefits
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Social Networking Sites Utilization, Perceived Benefits and Potential for Improving Study Habits among Nursing Students in Five Countries
Glenn Ford D. Valdez
Ministry of Health Oman
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2799-8216
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CURRENT STATUS: Published
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Posted 19 May, 2020
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On 15 Jun, 2020
Published
On 15 Jun, 2020
No community comments so far
Editorial decision: Minor revision
On 27 May, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 08 May, 2020
Editor assigned
On 05 May, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 05 May, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 05 May, 2020
Editor invited
On 04 May, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 20 Jan, 2020
No comments provided
Editorial decision: Major revision
On 25 Mar, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 09 Mar, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 04 Mar, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 23 Feb, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 12 Feb, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 05 Feb, 2020
Editor assigned
On 30 Jan, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 21 Jan, 2020
Editor invited
On 20 Jan, 2020
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This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
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Background: The abundance of easy and accessible information and fast developing social networking sites (SNS) have proven the world is small and within reach. The great implication of this interconnectedness can be somehow attributed to the change in the learning and sharing environment, for the most part, something a classroom is lacking, and considering the potential implication of SNS in nursing education reveals that the benefit allows the students to communicate and interact with a wider audience and beyond the classroom. The aim of this study is to identify the extent of SNS utilization, the perceived benefits and the potential for improving study habits of nursing students in five countries (Israel, Iraq, Oman, Philippines and Turkey).
Methods: The study is a quantitative cross-sectional study that determined the relationship between the utilization of SNS, the perceived benefits of SNS, and the potential for improving study habits among nursing students in the five participating countries (Israel, Iraq, Oman, Philippines, and Turkey). The basis of this paper is the careful analysis survey of responses from a sample of 1,137 students from an online hosting site. The online instrument focuses on the extent of utilization and benefits of SNS according to their accessibility, usability, efficiency and reliability.
Results: Our findings, in correlation using Pearson’s r, reveals a significant positive correlation between the extent of possibly improving study habits and the extent of utilization of SNS in terms of the four domains, namely, accessibility (r=0.246), usability (r=0.377), reliability (r=0.287) and efficiency (r=0.387).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that a significant positive correlation between students’ study habits and the extent of utilization of SNS, meaning that the more students devote themselves to study habits, the higher the level of SNS utilization. There are positive and negative implications in using SNS among nursing students, and there is greater potential in further improving the approaches to nursing education through adaptation of curricula based around the proper utilization of SNS.
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