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Table 5 Knowledge, availability, and frequency of use of digital technologies in the workplaces of educating nurses (sorted by the Medians of frequency of use; crosslines indicate groups defined by frequency of use)

From: Competencies and needs of nurse educators and clinical mentors for teaching in the digital age – a multi-institutional, cross-sectional study

Digital technology (number of respondents)

Knowledge n (%)

available at workplace n (%*)

frequency of use**

never used***

unknown

known

n

Median (IQR)

n (%)

Printer (n = 168)

1 (0.6)

167 (99.4)

167 (100)

164

4.0 (1.0)

1 (0.6)

E-mail account (n = 167)

2 (1.2)

165 (98.8)

164 (99.4)

160

4.0 (1.0)

1 (0.6)

Computer (n = 169)

1 (0.6)

168 (99.4)

165 (98.2)

157

4.0 (1.0)

1 (0.6)

Intranet (n = 169)

2 (1.2)

167 (98.8)

165 (98.8)

163

3.0 (1.0)

0 (0)

Internet access (n = 168)

3 (1.8)

165 (98.2)

161 (97.6)

154

3.0 (1.0)

0 (0)

WLAN (n = 167)

2 (1.2)

165 (98.8)

158 (95.8)

153

3.0 (1.0)

5 (3.3)

Subject specific database (n = 166)

8 (4.8)

158 (95.2)

137 (86.7)

135

3.0 (1.0)

2 (1.5)

Messenger service (n = 163)

27 (16.6)

136 (83.4)

51 (37.5)

49

3.0 (1.0)

4 (8.2)

Digital learning platform (n = 161)

15 (9.3)

146 (90.7)

100 (68.5)

97

2.0 (1.0)

3 (3.1)

Projector (n = 169)

3 (1.8)

166 (98.2)

90 (54.2)

86

2.0 (2.0)

11 (12.8)

Digital camera (n = 168)

5 (3.0)

163 (97.0)

76 (46.6)

76

2.0 (1.0)

9 (11.8)

Simulation manikin (n = 166)

17 (10.2)

149 (89.8)

75 (50.3)

75

2.0 (1.0)

16 (21.3)

Smartphone (n = 167)

2 (1.2)

165 (98.8)

75 (45.5)

72

2.0 (2.0)

4 (5.6)

Computer lab (n = 165)

19 (11.5)

146 (88.5)

51 (34.9)

45

2.0 (1.0)

5 (5.6)

Video conference (n = 167)

13 (7.8)

154 (92.2)

48 (31.2)

44

2.0 (0.75)

11 (25.0)

Digital blackboard (n = 168)

62 (36.7)

106 (62.7)

29 (27.4)

29

2.0 (0.5)

5 (17.2)

Tablet (n = 169)

1 (0.6)

168 (99.4)

22 (13.1)

20

2.0 (1.0)

4 (20.0)

VR glasses (n = 166)

69 (41.6)

97 (58.4)

0 (0.0)

0

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  1. *percentage of those respondents that know the digital technology; **Items could be rated from (1) “never”, (2)”seldom”, (3) “often”, (4) “very often”, ***corresponds to the rating category (1) "never”; IQR Interquartile range