Table 2 Perceptions of telenursing (N = 188)

Awareness of telenursing

Very knowledgeable

21

11.2

Knowledgeable

44

23.4

Heard of but not knowledgeable

91

48.4

Unknowledgeable

32

17.0

Experience of telenursing

Yes

36

19.1

No

152

80.9

Experienced telenursing type (Participants with telenursing experience only, N = 29)

Real time or synchronous(telephone)

25

75.6

86.2

Store & forward or asynchronous

2

6.06

6.90

Telemonitoring or remote monitoring

2

6.06

6.90

Mobile health

4

12.1

13.8

Telenursing observation in Clinical practice (Participants with clinical practice, N = 120)

Yes

22

18.3

11.7

No

98

81.7

52.1

Satisfactory way of delivering healthcare for patients

Face to Face

136

72.3

Telenursing

25

13.3

Both

27

14.4

Preferred way of delivering healthcare for respondents

Face to Face

142

75.5

Telenursing

28

14.9

Both

18

9.6

Nursing fields appropriate for telenursing application (Multiple responses)

Chronic Disease Care

101

18.1

53.7

Home Health Care

109

19.6

58.0

Hospice Care

32

5.7

17.0

Discharge Care

145

26.0

77.1

Palliative Care

46

8.2

24.5

Health Education and Counseling

124

22.2

66.0

Preferred technological type of telenursing

Real time or synchronous

71

37.8

Store & forward or asynchronous

14

7.4

Telemonitoring or remote monitoring

67

35.6

Mobile health

36

19.1

Preferred device for telenursing

Mobile phone

97

51.6

Telehealth specialized device

34

18.1

Wearable device

56

29.8

Others

1

0.5

Prospects for telenursing (4.29 ± 0.682)

Very optimistic

76

40.4

Optimistic

94

50.0

Uncertain

15

8.0

Pessimistic

3

1.4

Very pessimistic

0

0