Biannual Journal of Medical Education

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The 21st century is the century of knowledge & revolution. So that for writing nursing report and hospital files is based on computer registration. The reality is possible due to ability of nursing students' computer skills. So this research was conducted with the aim of determine the nursing students' skills in using computers.

METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. The research society was nursing students from first to eight semesters. The samples were 136 students. Sampling performed by available method. The tool of collecting data was a checklist based on Settlement questionnaire. Its validity and reliability was tested first then data was analyzed by using SPSS version 18.

FINDINGS: In this study Students of 6, 7 and 8 semester showed maximum capability in field of Internet using. Overall 74 boys and 62 girls participated with satisfaction in this study. About 51.35% of girls in Word and 54.05% of boys in Windows showed full skills. The significant relationship between skills in working with computers and technology and the semester was found. Also a significant relationship was found between gender and skills in Internet (P=0.003).

CONCLUSION: IT skills and computer training is one of the most important changes in third millennium. And it seems that the increase of this ability and using it itself is a motivation in learning, especially self-centered learning.