Factors influencing nurses' attitudes towards the use of computerized health information systems in Kuwaiti hospitals

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-381

  Alquraini, Habib ^a   Alhashem, Abdul Majeed ^a   Shah, Makhdoom A ^a   Chowdhury, Rafiqul I ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Computers; Kuwait; Multi cultural; Nurses; Questionnaire survey; Skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846844700     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04113.x     Document Type: Article

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