Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nursing students take the national competency test at the end of their education process. siNERSI mobile is an application for nursing students that can help them in exercise tests before an actual competence examination. However, how students know and perceive this application and how they train themselves to use it to pass the competency test in the first attempt is still limited.
AIM:This study aimed to know SiNERSI mobile’s knowledge, attitude, and practice and its correlation with nursing competency examination results among nursing profession students in Indonesia
METHOD: A quantitative survey using a cross-sectional approach was conducted on 107 graduated nurse profession students from two private universities in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, between May and July 2023. After passing the ethical clearance, a set of valid and reliable questionnaires was distributed through Google Forms to be self-administered. Students who passed the competency test and tried siNERSI mobile were chosen as a sample purposively. The data gathered was then analyzed using descriptive and Spearman rho tests to determine its description and relationship
RESULTS: Students’ knowledge of siNERSI does not correlate with the attitude (pv:.687; r:.039), but it does with the practice (pv:.007; r: .258). However, the practice of siNERSI (pv:.108; r:.156) does not correlate with the competence examination result, but the number of tryouts (pv:.000; r:.364) they have joined does.
CONCLUSION: Since tryouts are still better in their role to increase student’s chances to pass the competence examination. Implementation of student siNERSI mobile needs to be improved and made easier to use among students.