RESEARCH ARTICLE


The Development of an e-platform to Strengthen Nursing in Kazakhstan: A Systematic Review and a Delphi Study to Define Requirements



Bea Dijkman1, 2, *, Alberta Oosterhoff3, Amangali Akanov4, Wolter Paans1, 2
1 Professorship Nursing Diagnostics, School of Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands
2 Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands
3 School of Health Care Studies, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands
4 Department of Nursing, Astana Medical University, Kazakhstan


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Abstract

Background:

To strengthen nursing in Kazakhstan, an e-platform has been developed to support knowledge sharing and collaboration in nursing education, nursing research, and clinical practice.

Objective:

This study aims to identify and prioritize requirements for an e-platform to strengthen nursing in the trinity of nursing education, nursing research, and clinical practice.

Methods:

The research was conducted using an exploratory sequential mixed-method design, including a systematic review and a Delphi study. The systematic review utilized search terms concerning nursing, e-platform, research, and education. The Delphi study included two rounds of questionnaires among a panel of Kazakh and European experts. Outcomes were analyzed using content validity ratios and level of consensus thresholds.

Results:

The systematic review generated eight studies and identified nine categories of requirements to be covered by four groups in the Delphi study. These four groups were content-related, functional, usability, and technical requirements. The study generated 52 essential and 15 useful requirements, which are common in the literature and in experts’ opinions.

Conclusion:

The list of requirements is well embedded in the literature as well as in the national context of nursing in Kazakhstan. Therefore, the e-platform developed according to these requirements will contribute to improving the trinity of nursing education, research, and practice. Although the list is context-specific, when validated by a panel of experts, it is universally applicable when developing e-platforms for nursing.

Keywords: Nursing, E-platform, Requirements analysis, Knowledge sharing, Collaboration, Nursing education, Nursing science, Nursing practice, Kazakhstan.