Nurses resisting information technology

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-269

  Timmons, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computerised care planning; Resistance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; ENGLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEGATIVISM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME MANAGEMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0348111346     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.2003.00177.x     Document Type: Review

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