THE INFLUENCE OF CHATGPT ON THE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF NURSING STUDENTS: CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN ISLAMABAD

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence, especially ChatGPT, has quickly become a useful tool for learning in nursing education because it makes things clearer, more interesting, and easier to learn on your own. There is inadequate information regarding its effectiveness among nursing students in Pakistan.

Objectives:
The goal of this study was to find out how ChatGPT affects nursing students’ academic performance and educational outcomes, as well as the pros and cons that students think about when using it.

Methodology:
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with nursing students from four colleges affiliated with Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), Islamabad.
A convenience selection strategy was employed to select 184 students from the 3rd, 4th, and 6th semesters. Data were gathered using a standardized, validated questionnaire and subsequently analyzed with SPSS version 27. Descriptive statistics summarized participant characteristics, while Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests assessed the relationships among variables.

Results:
Most of the people (72.3%) said they had used ChatGPT before mostly for schoolwork, predominantly for academic objectives (62%). A total of 93.5% thought that ChatGPT had helped them do better in school, and there was a strong link between how helpful ChatGPT was seen to be and how well students could connect management ideas to both their schoolwork and their jobs (p < .001). Men rated ChatGPT a little higher for understanding real-world situations (p = .001).

Conclusion:
ChatGPT helped nursing students learn more about theory and get better grades. Although it significantly enhances conceptual comprehension, over-reliance and accuracy concerns highlight the imperative for ethical implementation and integration with experiential learning to promote a balanced, competency-oriented nursing education.