Nurses' perceptions regarding barriers to implementing the Internet Plus Nursing Service programme: A qualitative study

AIM: The aim of this work is to investigate nurses' perceptions of barriers constraining the implementation of the Internet Plus Nursing Service program. BACKGROUND: The Internet Plus Nursing Service programme helps meet the demands of an ageing population, people with chronic diseases, the disabled, and home convalescents, and affirms the value of nurses. However, this programme has failed to elicit nurses' active participation, and there is limited knowledge regarding nurses' perceptions of the barriers to the programme's implementation. METHODS: A qualitative study was conducted. Thematic analysis of the data was performed. RESULTS: The analysis yielded three main themes: a sense of insecurity, role conflict, and a lack of support. CONCLUSION: This study explores nurses' perspectives on the factors impeding the implementation of the programme, which are identified as being insufficient protection and support on nurses at personal, sociocultural, infrastructural, and organizationallevels. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: The study results will guide the department of nursing management to foster supportive work and social environment for nurses, which will decrease their feeling of insecurity and role conflicts and provides them enough infrastructural and organizational supports through proposing emergency code system and improving training system and team collaboration.