Saudi Arabia is the fastest growing developing country in the Arab world. It is ranked 20th in the global economy and has an economic base that sustains its development. This overall development was created by the discovery of oil in the late 1930s (Marrone, 1999). In the early 1940s, the Saudi government began planning for the creation and development of the country’s infrastructure and proceeded to address the most fundamental concerns of its people.

Computer knowledge and skills are becoming essential components technology in nursing education. Saudi nurses must be prepared to utilize these technologies for the advancement of science and nursing practice in local and global communities. Little attention has been directed to students’ attitudes about computer usage in academic communities in Saudi Arabia. Their attitudes about the use of computers for the enhancement of learning are relatively unknown.