Evaluating students' attitudes to using PDAs in nursing clinicals at two schools

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 228-235

  Scollin, Patrick ^a   Healey Walsh, Judith ^b   Kafel, Kathleen ^b   Mehta, Apurva ^b   Callahan, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovation; Nursing education; PDA; Student attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOLS, NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 34547171092     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCN.0000280593.58561.4e     Document Type: Article

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