A Delphi study to determine informatics competencies for nurses at four levels of practice

Nursing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 383-390

  Staggers, Nancy ^a,d   Gassert, Carole A ^b   Curran, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Informatics competencies; Nursing informatics competencies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER MOBILITY; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER MOBILITY; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036830784     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200211000-00006     Document Type: Article

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