Australian nurses' and midwives' knowledge of computers and their attitudes to using them in their practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-146

  Webster, Joan ^a   Davis, James ^a   Holt, Victoria ^a   Stallan, Glenys ^a   New, Karen ^a   Yegdich, Tania ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Computer literacy; Computer use questionnaire; Cross sectional study; Evidence based practice; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDWIFE; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037268303     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02523.x     Document Type: Article

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