INTERACTION IN DISTANCE NURSING EDUCATION

The purpose of this study is to determine psychiatry nurses’ attitudes toward the
interactions in distance nursing education, and also scrunize their attitudes based on
demographics and computer/Internet usage. The comparative relational scanning model
is the method of this study. The research data were collected through “The Scale of
Attitudes of Nurses towards Distance Nursing Education”, developed by the researcher.
Reability coefficients for the whole scale and the two sub-dimensions determined by
varimax rotation were calculated through Cronbach α Formula. The Chi-Square test was
employed to test the construct validity of the scale could be determined. The research
findings revealed that the scale was valid and reliable and the nurses’ attitudes towards
interaction in distance nursing education in the sub-dimensions were high.