Exploring Nursing Students' Smartphone Use in the Clinical Setting.

STATISTICAL correlation; FACTOR analysis; GRADUATE students; RESEARCH methodology; NURSING education; NURSING students; PATIENT safety; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENT attitudes; DECISION making in clinical medicine; TEXT messages; CODES of ethics; DISTRACTION; CONTINUING education units; SMARTPHONES; UNDERGRADUATES; CROSS-sectional method; MOBILE apps; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics

The usability of smartphones in the clinical setting was explored. While nurse distraction and professionalism are areas of caution, findings suggest smartphones are useful in the clinical setting and beyond, aiding in decision-making and providing additional features desired by users via a multitude of applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]