The transforming effect of handheld computers on nursing practice

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 308-314

  Thompson, Brent W ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Handheld computers; Healthcare quality; Informatics; Nursing practices

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 33644836154     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006216-200510000-00004     Document Type: Article

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