| Sumario: | Purpose The implementation of innovative health technologies is a major challenge for gerontechnology. New technologies struggle to find their place in the practices and routines of various users, including different kinds of healthcare professionals, like nurses. The attitudes of healthcare professionals towards technology (eHealth) and their eHealth literacy are expected to influence the implementation process. This study focusses on these issues. Method A Dutch questionnaire designed for this study, based on the UTAUT1 (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) and a Dutch version of the eHeals2 3 scale to measure eHealth literacy, was sent to Dutch nursing students of the NHL Hogeschool, University of Applied Sciences. In total, 171 students participated. Results & Discussion The attitude of future nursing professionals towards technology is generally positive, on 11 of the 19 UTAUTitems the average score was above 4 on a 6-point-scale. Only on the two items based on the determinant 'voluntariness of use' the average scores scored a little below 3.3. Cronbach's alpha was 0.85 for the 19 items based on the UTAUT-model. On the eHeals, the future nursing professionals scored above average; all items scored an average above 3.5 on a 5-point-Likert-scale. Cronbach's alpha was 0.84 for the 8 items based on the eHeals. On an open question, the future-nursing professionals indicated that there is too little attention to new technologies within their education. More attention to new technologies in nursing education could lead to more positive attitudes towards new technologies in professional work practices. Based on the results, the developed questionnaire seems to be a good instrument for use in future studies. More studies on different kinds of healthcare professionals in different healthcare practices will be done in the near future, to develop a more complete view of attitudes towards technology and eHealth literacy.
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