Nurses' use of the internet in clinical ward settings

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-166

  Morris Docker, Sara B ^a   Tod, Angela ^b   Harrison, Joy M ^a   Wolstenholme, Dan ^c   Black, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based care; Information technology; Internet; Nursing; Workplace use

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD; WORKPLACE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSES;

EID: 4944232266     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03183.x     Document Type: Review

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